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6. “What he thought of her she knew, what he was capable of saying to her she had felt; yet they were married, for all that, and marriage meant that a woman should cleave to the man with whom, uttering tremendous vows, she had stood at the altar.”
Henry James Marital Bonds, Emotional Understanding, Marriage, Bonds, Understanding, Emotional
7. “If this thing’s hushed up it’ll be a simple denial to Jem of the way I’ve tried to raise him. Sometimes I think I’m a total failure as a parent, but I’m all they’ve got. Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him... if I connived at something like this, frankly I couldn’t meet his eye, and the day I can’t do that I’ll know I’ve lost him. I don’t want to lose him and Scout, because they’re all I’ve got.”
Harper Lee Parental Responsibility, Moral Struggles, Family Bonds, Responsibility, Struggles, Bonds
8. “He went to the table and picked up a football magazine, opened it, thumbed through it, and was thumbing through it again when he said: “Scout, if there’s ever anything that happens to you or something – you know – something you might not want to tell Atticus about – ” “Huh?” “You know, if you get in trouble at school or anything – you just let me know. I’ll take care of you.” Jem sauntered from the livingroom, leaving Jean Louise wide-eyed and wondering if she were fully awake.”
Harper Lee Sibling Support, Unspoken Bonds, Childhood Promises, Support, Bonds, Promises
26. “We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky Sudden Connection, Unexpected Bonds, Strangers, Connection, Interest, Bonds
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