She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.
("Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life")
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When a tender affection has been storing otself in us through many of our years, the idea that we could accept any exchange for it seems to be a cheapening of our lives. And we can set a watch over our affections and our constancy as we can over other treasures.
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