"the whistle of the old steam trains ... could conjure up visions of bleak distances with one solitary wail."

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Source : M. C. Beaton (2016). “Introducing Hamish Macbeth: Mysteries #1-3: Death of a Gossip, Death of a Cad, and Death of an Outsider Omnibus”, p.293, Hachette UK

M.C. Beaton

#Distance Quotes #Vision Quotes #Sound Quotes

“Sometimes she wished for someone she could tell about her problems, just to be able to say, â€˜Iâ€™m in love with a man and I canâ€™t have him.â€™ But that would only lead to questions she couldnâ€™t answer, so she kept the secret and the pain inside, hoping someday she would no longer feel as if half of her were missing.”

Source : Abigail Reynolds (2010). “Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist”, p.252, Sourcebooks, Inc.
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“Jesus that I know as my Redeemer cannot be less than God”
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“Our society will always remain an unstable and explosiveÂ compound as long asÂ political power is vested in the masses and economic power in the classes. In the end one of these powers will rule. Either the plutocracy will buy up the democracy, or the democracy will vote away the plutocracy.”

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