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21 " I had always held the notion that if two people love the same thing, they must love each other as well, but now the memories of that love had been tarnished by betrayal. "
― Susan Vreeland , Clara and Mr. Tiffany
22 " If I don’t love the feelings I have while creating those windows, I’m only working for coin and not from soul. "
23 " God taking from us and loving us at the same time by providing comforters was a kind of spiritual equanimity. It seemed a phenomenon of life how a death insinuates us into the debt of those who stand by us in trouble and console us. "
24 " Edwin must have extended himself to this woman who the world would never know existed. His compassion for others had a strange effect on me. Every time I learned of some help he gave to someone, I felt he was giving the kindness to me. "
25 " docks—I thought of these acts as love offerings to me. Despite the time and intensity he gave to others, he made me feel that I was the vessel into which he was pouring his best self. I realized I had come to love him for his hunger to bless. The "
26 " We are not botanists. We are artists. Suggest nature, but conventionalize it. Stylize it. Simplify it to its contour lines to convey structure. "
27 " had been at the Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park all week, "
28 " What I want to do and what I have to do are always fighting each other like alley cats. "
29 " The trouble with us is that we’ve been too polite with each other. "
30 " No need to worry. Diamonds are made under pressure, and you’re our brilliant Claire. "
31 " A year passes like a revolving wheel, and when the spoke of January comes round again, it finds itself in a different place. And so with pain. It does not leave us where it found us. "
32 " William uncorked the bottle and poured. 'Here’s to the end of summer.' 'A beautiful summer,' Bernard added. 'I wish it would last forever,' Alice said. 'You wouldn’t value it as much,' said Bernard. 'When joys are sparse, they sink into you more deeply. "