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What was this hold she had upon me? Was I bewitched, that my mind…

Quote byEdgar Rice Burroughs · 1875–1950

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The People That Time Forgot (1918), Chapter 6.

English (original)

What was this hold she had upon me? Was I bewitched, that my mind refused to function sanely, and that judgment and reason were dethroned by some mad sentiment which I steadfastly refused to believe was love? I had never been in love. I was not in love now—the very thought was preposterous.

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

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