But afterwards, is there nothing more for me in life - no true home - nothing to be dearer to me than myself?
("Villette")
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The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.
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I was left there alone - winner of the field. It was the hardest battle I had fought, and the first victory I had gained.
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True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.
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There is something in that, I know there is, because it does not sound too sweet; it is not like such words as Liberty, Excitement, Enjoyment; delightful sounds truly; but no more than sounds for me; and so hollow and fleeting that it is mere waste of time to listen to them.
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Ex-act-ly, pre-cisely: with your usual acuteness, you have hit the nail straight on the head.
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