We never do what we wish when we wish it, and when we desire a thing earnestly, and it does arrive, that or we are changed, so that we slide from the summit of our wishes and find ourselves where we were.
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"I must love and be loved. I must feel that my dear and chosen friends are happier through me."
"What are we, the inhabitants of this globe, least among the many that people infinite space? Our minds embrace infinity; the visible mechanism of our being is subject to merest accident."
"I have often thought that the world is a vast prison, where the greater part of mankind are condemned to wear their fetters."
"What is the world, except that which we feel? Love, and hope, and delight, or sorrow and tears; these are our lives, our realities, to which we give the names of power, possession, misfortune, and dea…"
"I am a creature of fine sensations, but I am also a creature of terrible imperfections."
Likely from her personal writings or another novel, a profound observation on the ephemeral nature of desire and satisfaction.
Date: Early to mid-19th century (approximate)
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