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1 " There is so little joy in any life, I will take this time with you until I must go." He smoothed a lock of hair from her face. "In our old age, we'll remember and be glad. "
― Barbara Samuel , A Bed of Spices
2 " In all those women there is not one to match you. They have known my flesh. You have known my heart, and stolen my soul. "
3 " It's not being a woman I mind so much," she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life." She leaned earnestly toward him. "Your hand, Papa, has wielded a sword and cradled a child and held power over hundreds of men." She held up her own hand. "This one has far fewer adventures before it. "
4 " It only takes one man to make a woman a fool. "
5 " For in twin pairs of eyes she saw not the lust she had believed, but love. Adoration, given and received. "
6 " I would rather love with all my heart and soul and mind for one hour than to suffer all my life with the lack. "