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81 " Love is best a phantom than reality, better in the chase than caught "
― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
82 " I love. I love you. From back to front, I love you. "
83 " They have known each other a long time, and sometimes it’s hard to love a person you know too well. "
84 " THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR IS A TIME FOR AMSTERDAMMERS to throw open their windows in a brave ritual of letting in the cold air, dislodging cobwebs and bad memories. "
85 " I see you are working your usual magic this evening.” “Not magic, Madame. Just me.” Agnes "
86 " Hooft’s True Fool (‘Warenar’) – a 1617 tragicomedy about moderation, greed and obsession. Warenar the miser has a daughter, Claartje, illegitimately pregnant by a suitor of whom Warenar does not approve. In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam developed into the centre of the international book trade, and books were not much subject to government censorship. Those that were banned in other countries were published in Amsterdam. "
87 " and Nella clings to this, by now a full believer in the prophetic power of the miniaturist. "
88 " A lifetime isn’t enough to know how a person will behave.” Cornelia "
89 " True love was a flower in the gut , it's petals unfurling inside out. You would rusk all for love - blissful , never without it's drops of dismay. "
90 " True love was a flower in the gut , it's petals unfurling inside out. You would risk all for love - blissful , never without it's drops of dismay.”Jessie Burton "
91 " Everything Man Sees He Takes for a Toy. "
92 " True love was a flower in the gut , it's petals unfurling inside out. You would risk all for love - blissful , never without it's drops of dismay. "
93 " should like to see that,’ she says instead, "
94 " Hard grind got us the glory, "
95 " But - love , Mother. Will I love him?The girl wants love , ' Mrs Oortman cried theatrically to the peeling Assendelft walls. 'She wants the peaches and the cream. "
96 " her bed by the stove, Cornelia’s hand hovers over the remaining cabbage. "
97 " She tries to pity him. Pity, unlike hate, can be boxed and put away. "
98 " She and the guard walk along the side of an open courtyard, and in the middle of it Nella can see contraptions made of wooden planks, fastened with adjustable bolts. Another machine has a row of sharp spikes. The prisoners are quite literally here to be reformed. "
99 " We are born to imagine "
100 " five-meat pies "