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quote 2015-07-19 08:51

(...) zobaczy pan, że ją pan odnajdzie. I to w najmniej oczekiwanym momencie. Z kobietami zawsze tak się dzieje. Kiedy chce się ją zatrzymać, wyślizguje się jak woda pomiędzy palcami, a kiedy chce się ich pozbyć, przyklejają jak mucha do lepu. A potem znów je spotykasz w najmniej oczekiwanym momencie.

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quote 2013-05-21 19:16

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And he contemplated her absorbed young face with a thrill of possessorship in which pride in his own masculine initiation was mingled with a tender reverence for her abysmal purity. "We'll read Faust together . . . by the Italian lakes . . ." he thought, somewhat hazily confusing the scene of his projected honey-moon with the masterpieces of literature which it would be his manly privilege to reveal to his bride.

Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence (1920)

I started this today and am beyond delighted. I had to pause when I read this bit, though, because I laughed until I was crying and wheezing.

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