If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent…

Charlotte Bronte
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If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem! ✨ Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.124, Penguin
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But solitude is sadness.' 'Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than that. Deeper than melancholy lies heart-break. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2009). Villette: Easyread Large Edition, p.319, ReadHow … ▶
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