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Set in the late 19th century, the story follows the protagonist's journey as he navigates complex relationships and societal expectations.
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“You confuse what's important with what's impressive.”
“Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.”
“England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.”
“He didn’t care for Clive [anymore], but he could suffer from him.”
“If you introduce the human figure you at once arouse either disgust or desire.”
“But it was the stupidity of passion, which would rather have nothing than a little.”
“After all, is not a real Hell better than a manufactured Heaven?”
“The past is devoid of meaning like the present, and a refuge for cowards.”
“Too late... everything's always too late.”
“The ethereal past had blinded him, and the highest happiness he could dream was a return to it.”
“La única penalidad que la sociedad les impone es un exilio que alegremente abrazan.”
“La violencia se borró en su corazón, y una pureza que jamás había imaginado, ocupó su lugar.”
“Él y el amado se desvanecerían totalmente, no se prolongarían ni en el cielo ni en la tierra.”
“¿No es mejor, después de todo, un infierno real que un cielo prefabricado?”
“I'm thankful it's into your hands I fell.”
“Madness is not for everyone, but Maurice's proved the thunderbolt that dispels the clouds.”
“¿Qué podía hacer Maurice, que era todo errores?”
“They had never struggled, and only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.”
“Maurice, ¿volveremos a escribir la historia?”
“Es un riesgo, pero todo es un riesgo, y solo se vive una vez”