He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied.
("The Age of Innocence")
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She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin, dark hair, the way he sat and moved and wore his clothes-she was conscious that even these trivial things were inwoven with her deepest life.
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