Affection Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

She lived in her past life- these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that was left her in the world.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew herself best when she was with them.

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