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It had taken Oliver years to learn his lesson: keep quiet and let men like Bradenton test the fences. It wouldn’t do them any good, and if you were careful, one day you’d be in a position to buy their whole damned farm.
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You see so many surprising things and you think they’re obvious.
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Of all the things I wish for in this world, I want you to find happiness. I suspect you never will have that with me, and I've resigned myself to the matter.”
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“Is it something I said?” Jane asked. And if so, which sentence? There had been so many of them, after all.
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She felt as if she’d opened a door on what she believed was a towering monster, only to find it five inches tall.
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But I’ve learned that I’m stronger than hard, better than pain, and that with enough luck, horrible can go away.
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He wasn't good with this sort of thing - with the back-and-forth dance between man and woman. He wasn't even sure if they were dancing, or if she was merely being polite.
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I do believe you would have cut the rope.