I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry--I cannot h…

Charles Dickens
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I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry--I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart--God knows what its name was--that tears started to my eyes. ✨ Charles Dickens (2010). A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations (Oprah's Book Club): Two Novels, p.375, Penguin
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I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry--I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart--God knows what its name was--that tears started to my eyes. ✨ Charles Dickens (2010). A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations (Oprah's Book Club): Two Novels, p.375, Penguin

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