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Quote by Henry Fielding
He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would

He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him. – Henry Fielding

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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. – Henry Fielding

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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. – Henry Fielding

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There arent many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her vainly for the past umpteen years. – Edward Hoagland

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Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us. – George Eliot

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Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid? – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love — any love — reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness. – Cesare Pavese

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Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one. – Walter Jon Williams

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