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Illyrian Spring

Book by Ann Bridge · 2 quotes · Friendship, Affairs, Art

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“It is surprising the amount of talk that two people will get through during a week of solid tête-à-tête. Now in modern life it is an extreme rarity, outside marriage, to get a week of uninterrupted companionship with any human being.”

Friendship Talking Knowing Conversations

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“They were getting to know not only the details of each other's lives, but getting to know one another - a different thing. The process of getting to know anyone is not merely a matter of listening, watching, and understanding. M. Maurois has pointed out how, in any new relationship, we feel an unconscious need to create, as it were, a new picture, a new edition of ourselves to present to the fresh person who claims our interest; for them, we in a strange sense wish to, and do, start life anew.”

Understanding Friendship Knowledge Learning Bonding Getting To Know Someone

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