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“Love is not a thing you can pick up and throw into the gutter and pick up again as the fancy takes you. I am a person, very unfortunately for you, with a quite peculiar dread of thrusting myself or my affections on any one, of in any way outstaying my welcome. The man I would love would be the man I could trust to love me for ever. I do not trust you. I did outstay my welcome once. I did get thrown into the gutter, and came near drowning in that sordid place.”

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Book:Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther

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Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim, born on August 31, 1866, and died on February 9, 1941, was a prominent German novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known for her unique female perspective and delicate emotional descriptions, she left a lasting impact on German literature. more

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