How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!
("Pride and Prejudice")
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One cannot creep upon a journey; one cannot help getting on faster than one has planned: and the pleasure of coming in upon one's friends before the look-out begins is worth a great deal more than any little exertion it needs.
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Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.
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