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"Recovering from an ill-starred romance is, after all, to anyone of sufficient will-power and self-respect, purely an attitude of mind."
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Susan HowatchOne must be rational about such matters and being rational need not me — Susan Howatch
"One must be rational about such matters and being rational need not mean being cold."
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Susan Howatch
Susan Howatch
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Susan Howatch is a British author. Her writing career has been distinguished by family saga-type novels that describe the lives of related characters for long periods of time. Her later books have also become known for their religious and philosophical themes.
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"Friendships best, I said, and friendships forever because no baby can come along to spoil it."
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"Boredom on social occasions is an inescapable hazard for the over-educated, and for the over-ambitious it must be endured."
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"But never mind, all the best heroines are beautiful orphans, abandoned to their fate, and the one thing thats certain about my situation is that Im going to be a heroine when I grow up. Can I be a hero? Well, I suppose you can try. But youll have to try very hard."
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"Romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied, it anaesthesises them from the pain of their disordered second-rate lives [...] If romance is the opiate of the dissatisfied then surely nostalgia is the opiate of the disillusioned, for those who see all their dreams come true and find themselves living in a nightmare."
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"A rational disposition must necessarily preclude a romantic outlook in life, and only the failures of this world can afford to dispense with a rational disposition."
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