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21 " I may go alone, Mr. Rathbone, but I am perfectly sure I would not find the ground uninhabited when I got there! "
― Anne Perry , A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk, #2)
22 " She is a person of most decided opinions—which is not a criticism. I cannot bear wishy-washy people who agree with whoever spoke to them last "
23 " A miracle,” he said dryly. “Not at all,” she replied with equally straight-faced aridity. “A woman would suffice. "
24 " to care for any person or issue enough to sacrifice greatly for it was the surest sign of being wholly alive. What "
25 " to care for any person or issue enough to sacrifice greatly for it was the surest sign of being wholly alive. What a waste of the essence of a man that he should never give enough of himself to any cause, that he should always hear that passive, cowardly voice uppermost which counts the cost and puts caution first. One would grow old and die with the power of one’s soul untasted. "
26 " Yes I was afraid sometimes, but not often. Mostly I was too busy. When you can do something about even the smallest part of it, the overwhelming sick horror goes. You stop seeing the whole thing and see only the tiny part you are dealing with, and the fact that you can do something calms you. "
27 " But if you wish to obtain a husband, and surely all natural women must, then you will have to learn to master this intellectual and argumentative side of your nature. Men do not find it in the least attractive in a woman. It makes them uncomfortable. It is not restful and does not make a man feel at his ease or as if you give proper deference to his judgment. One does not wish to appear opinionated! "
28 " The more flawed a man was, the shoddier it was to take advantage of his inadequacies to destroy him. "