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The instinctive posture of grief is a shuffling compromise between defiance and...
Author:
Edith Wharton
Book:
The Moving Finger
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The instinctive posture of grief is a shuffling compromise between defiance and prostration; and pride feels the need of striking a worthier attitude in face of such a foe.
( Edith Wharton )
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