Strange the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a moments unwary thought, the pain resurfaced, sharp and raw as a fresh wound.
("Pope Joan")
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But she had known, better than anyone else, what demons he had faced, had known how hard he had fought to free himself from them. That he had lost the fight in the end made the struggle no less honorable.
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There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.
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Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?
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