Her feelings were her own, and could not be altered from outside. It w…

George Orwell
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Her feelings were her own, and could not be altered from outside. It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual thereby becomes meaningless. If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love. ✨ George Orwell (2016). 1984, p.190, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED
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