M. K. Hobson Quotes

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Emily's chestnut-colored hair was thick and shiny as silk floss—an extraordinary female endowment. But like most female endowments, it was generally more trouble than it was worth.

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Before the sun went down again, she realized, she would be in New York. The thought sent a nervous thrill through her entire body. Her throat was tight, her heart suddenly racing.

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Could one die from boredom, she wondered? From complete, oppressive, crushing, unmitigated boredom, the likes of which made all other boredom seem like ecstasy's sweet thrilling embrace? And in such a case, if one happened to have a life insurance policy, would it pay?

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Nothing is ever what you want it to be. The harder you grab for it, the more deeply it cuts. And it mocks you for being foolish enough to reach for it at all. You come to fear touching anything at all, because you know that if you do, it will become terrible.

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What kind of idiot do you think I am?
I have no idea what kind of idiot you are, Miss Jesczenka said. That's why I'm asking.

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I wasn't sure if we were still engaged.
After everything we've been through? After true love conquered all? Emily shook her head. Being dead had done nothing to alleviate your obtuseness, Mr. Stanton.
Being dead allowed me to learn the heart's deepest secret, he said. That sometimes love—even true love—isn't enough.
But it's a start, Emily said.

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Still feeling guilty, are we? I'd have thought you'd be over that by now.
I have a nettlesome little thing called a conscience, Emily hissed. Ever hear of it?
They're out of fashion in New York, Stanton said, and though she guessed she was joking, he didn't sound humorous.

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Senator Stanton? The man who's sold his own soul so many times that no one can figure out who actually owns it?

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