"And so she shuddered away from the threat of his enduring love. What did he mean? Had she not the power to daunt him? She would see. It was more daring than became a man to threaten her."

-- Elizabeth Gaskell

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“I am struck by how many leading women... today started as Girl Scouts. It is an organization that obviously develops strong women leaders.”
“Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon must have done this. Heâ€™d destroyed his fairyland conservatory. Why? She sank to her knees, huddled on the cold floor, her one remaining flame cradled in her numb palms. Sheâ€™d seen how tenderly Simon had cared for his plants. Remembered the look of pride when sheâ€™d first discovered the dome and fountain. For him to have smashed all this . . . He must have lost hope. All hope.”
“I'm never going to run this again.”
“When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of them ... I call it my Necklace of Perfect Joy. When the world goes wrong, I have only to close my eyes and remember all the links in my chain, set with gems, some large and some small, but all beautiful with the beauty which never fades. It is all I can take with me when I go. My material possessions must stay behind, but my Necklace of Perfect Joy will bring me happiness to the end, when I put it on, to be nevermore unclasped.”
“How a little love and good company improves a woman.”
“October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows.”

Source : Joy Fielding (2016). “Tell Me No Secrets: A dark and suspenseful psychological thriller”, p.58, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
“As an actor, you are at the mercy of others for what role you can be seen for and then what you will be cast in.”

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“My life is a story about who God is and what He does in a human heart.”

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