‎And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish…

Charles Dickens
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‎And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. ✨ Charles Dickens (2005). A Tale of Two Cities - Literary Touchstone Edition, p.143, Prestwick House Inc
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‎And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. ✨ Charles Dickens (2005). A Tale of Two Cities - Literary Touchstone Edition, p.143, Prestwick House Inc

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