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Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is impossible. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Experience isnt interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Things start out as hopes and end up as habits. – Lillian Hellman

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But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. Theres incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope. – Dave Matthews

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