Of love it may be said, the less earthly the less demonstrative. In it…

Thomas Hardy
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Of love it may be said, the less earthly the less demonstrative. In its absolutely indestructible form it reaches a profundity in which all exhibition of itself is painful. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). The Return of the Native, p.213, Thomas Hardy
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