Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught.
Wilkie CollinsI am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
Wilkie CollinsWomen can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.
Wilkie CollinsThe books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!
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