Quote by Amelia Barr
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. – Amelia Barr

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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished. – Amelia Barr

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But the lovers power is the poets power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung. – Amelia Barr

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