"I meant it when I said I didn’t believe in love at first sight. It takes time to really, truly fall for someone. Yet I believe in a moment. A moment when you glimpse the truth within someone, and they glimpse the truth within you. In that moment, you don’t belong to yourself any longer, not completely. Part of you belongs to him; part of him belongs to you. After that, you can’t take it back, no matter how much you want to, no matter how hard you try."

"In love there are two things - bodies and words."

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"But the men marched believing they were behind McClellan. He was the only general Chamberlain had ever seen…"

"The final phase of the Pacific naval war commenced with the assault on Iwo Jima in February 1945, closely f…"

"In vain she told herself that he was unworthy any woman's trust and love, still the unconquerable sentiment…"

"Attachment is blinding; it lends an imaginary halo of attractiveness to the object of desire."