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1 " It is a fact that the human heart differs from all other species. While its function to the body is the same of all animals, its participation with human soul is both rhapsodic and fatal. -Rose "
― Kristen Heitzmann , The Rose Legacy (Diamond of the Rockies, #1)
2 " God’s love was like the sunrise, chasing back the dark and piercing the heart with joy. "
3 " the eye is the window to the soul, and from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, why can’t we all be blind and dumb? "
4 " I think I could get full just smelling this. "
5 " Good food, good friends. "
6 " Feelings were not enough. There must be more. There must be trust, respect, honor. All that she longed to give Quillan. A warmth of appreciation filled her. She loved him with something that went beyond feelings. "
7 " The thing is done; it can’t be undone. How can one go back and change a moment passed? Even a moment that should never have come. I fear with the deed I have lost not only my virtue but my life as well. For of all life’s betrayers, the heart is the worst. It flutters with joyful anticipation, leading down paths better untrod. Now that I know my heart, I must never follow it again. "
8 " The human capacity for suffering was like that for joy. It could only have the greatest impact in small doses. After that, mind and body could no longer take it in. "
9 " after all, hospitality was a virtue, one of the highest in Mamma’s esteem. "
10 " her toes, then jerked the foot back. "
11 " Bene!” And in English, “Well! What now, Dom? "
12 " Bene! "