All Quotes By Tag: Quarrel
“That they were left with only this–this awkward, prearranged meet-up, this terrible silence–seemed almost more than she could bear, and the unfairness of it all welled up inside of her. It was his fault, all of it, and yet her hatred for him was the worst kind of love, a tortured longing, a misguided wish that made her heart hammer in her chest. She couldn’t ignore the disjointed sensation that they were now two different pieces of two different puzzles, and nothing in the world could make them fit together again.”
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“Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don’t want either to give or to take … You don’t want ever again to have to depend for happiness on another person.””That’s true. That’s the truest thing you ever said.””All right. I can respect that. Only you’ve got to play the game. Don’t force an emotional situation and then blame me for it.””But I don’t want any situation. I want to be left in peace.”
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“[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.”
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“They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.”
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“A true friend doesn’t have guts; they beat you up and later plead with you to beat them back.”
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