“Women only nag when they feel unappreciated.”
― Corelli’s Mandolin
― Corelli’s Mandolin
“Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?"
"Yes."
"All like ours?"
"I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted."
"Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?"
"A blighted one.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"Yes."
"All like ours?"
"I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted."
"Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?"
"A blighted one.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter?”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“We should care for each other more than we care for ideas, or else we will end up killing each other.”
― Corelli’s Mandolin
― Corelli’s Mandolin
“This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so?”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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