"It was like him, too, to love her and admit to it before he knew if she loved him. Maybe only mortals expected to barter their hearts."

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Source : Emma Bull (2004). “War for the Oaks: A Novel”, p.251, Macmillan

Emma Bull

#Heart Quotes #Expected Quotes

“I was a very quiet child growing up. I always knew that I was funny - I just never put it to use.”
“To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.”
“It is time the Arabs and the Jews sat down and settled this dispute in the true Christian spirit.”
“I don't want people to be afraid of health or illness or mortality, because it's a natural part of life.”
“The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.”

Source : "The Greatest Thing in the World: Experience the Enduring Power of Love".
“I'm a good counter comedian. I can just work it off with looks, or have something crazy to say back. That works for me.”
“You create a world away from home and make new rooms for yourself. But when you arrive back home in your old rooms, the world you've made for yourself ceases to be real. Everything seems to crumble. Anyone who's been sent away to boarding school can understand that.”

Source : "You can take the man out of Ireland". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2009.
“But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.”

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