“It looks like a waste of life, that mowing down of our best years by a relentless passion which itself falls dead on the top of them. But it is not so. Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence which will risk nothing, and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime 'let out all the length of the reins.'”
Quote by Mary Cholmondeley
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Red Pottage is a 19th-century novel that delves into the complexities of romance and the societal strata of its time. The story follows the lives of its characters as they navigate love, ambition, and the expectations of their social standing. more
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