Perhaps to know her would be to cure himself of this unexpected and unauthorized passion. - Thomas Hardy

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there was the record of a pulsing life which had learnt too well, for its years, of the dust and ashes of things, of the cruelty of lust and the fragility of love

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Tess of the D’Urbervilles · January 30, 2003 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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He is a sort of steady man in a wild way, you know. That's better than to be as some are, wild in a steady way. I am afraid that's how I am.

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Far From the Madding Crowd · February 27, 2003 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down You'd treat if met where any bar is, Or help to half-a-crown.

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