I said, 'We have dreamed, dear friend. Another time, we mig… - Mary Renault

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I said, 'We have dreamed, dear friend. Another time, we might awaken. Let it be a dream forgotten at morning.' That seemed a better way of saying it than, 'Never remind me of this, for fear I should stick a knife in you.

Mary Renault

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beat-around-the-bush one-night-stand

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Mary Renault (born Mary Challans, 4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983) was an English writer most famous for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.

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Birth Name: Eileen Mary Challans

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Encontrar a Fedro guiando a Sócrates casi al mismo sitio, quizá lo era, le había impresionado profundamente. El árbol de amplia copa, la verde ladera en que recostarse, el agua fría al pie; sólo faltaban las ofrendas votivas y el santuario. «Concededme ser hermoso por dentro — había suplicado Sócrates — y haced que las cosas exteriores e interiores se reconcilien».

Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.

We shall either find what we are seeking, or free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

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