"Ere I could make thee open thy..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Ere I could make thee open thy white hand, and clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter, I am your's for ever!
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“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
“Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.”
“It was one thing, after all, to know his feelings for Amanda hadn't changed; it was another thing entirely to face the future with the certainty that they never would.”
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“When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it.”
“I am engaged to Concord and my own private pursuits by 10,000 ties, and it would be suicide to rend them.”
“I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I love strongly, exclusive, stedfasty.”