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‘You are a damn hard man for a young man.’
‘So you say, so you say.’
‘I tell her so. I warn her. I say this is not a man who will help you when he sees you break up. Only the best can do that. The best — and sometimes the worst.’
‘But you think I’m one of the worst, surely?’
‘No,’ she said indifferently, ‘to me you are not the best, not the worst. You are — ’ she shrugged ’ — you will not help her. I tell her so.’
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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (via novazembla) (via telegantmess)
Excellent book, though I am a bad person who still loves Jane Eyre a lot (and certainly more than WSS).
Reblogged from Fierce...Flawless...
