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Merton: And I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove for then I would fly away and be at rest.'
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Merton: You want me to seduce a dying girl? And what makes you think she'll just leave me all her money?
Kate: I know her. I know how she loves.
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Kate Croy: You have a castle too, Lord Mark?
Lord Mark: Well, it's seen better days.
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Kate: Every time she smiles, remember that I love you more.
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Kate Croy: These wretched aristocrats can't even heat their houses.
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Merton Densher: I don't believe in any of the things I write about. I fake passion. I fake conviction.
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Aunt Maud: Try to look as if you've worn it all your life. It's yours.
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Millie Theale: Do you think he loves you?
Kate Croy: God? I hope not.
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Kate Croy: You're still in love with her.
Merton Densher: I was never in love with her.
Kate Croy: While she was alive, no.
Merton Densher: I'm sorry, Kate. I'm so sorry.
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Merton Densher: She's alive, Kate, more alive than anyone I've ever known.
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Kate: Promise me - on your honor - that you're not in love with her memory.
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Kate Croy: She liked you.
Merton: That's because she doesn't know me.
Kate Croy: You're not nearly as bad as you'd like to be.
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Merton: My heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove for then I would fly away and be at rest.'
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Merton: What if I didn't let you leave tonight? What would happen?
Kate Croy: I'd be penniless, cast out of society, and I'd be stuck with you.
Merton: Good. Well, we'll open a bottle of something and in the morning, everyone will know about us.
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Merton: Have you thought any more about my offer?
Kate Croy: I haven't thought about anything else since the day I met you.
Merton: The same thought for a whole year? Must be very tiring.
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Milly: Maybe we just kept missing each other-- me turning the corner just as you went the other way.
Merton: I thought of that so I stayed in the same place and waited for hours.
Milly: And we still didn't see each other.
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Journalist 1: Hey. You can't just leave in the middle of an argument.
Merton: I just have.
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Milly: I think everything's going to happen for you, Merton, sooner than you think.
The Wings of the Dove Quotes
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Brionna 2022-03-21 09:03:06
The steam-drenched Venice is too suitable for conspiracy and love. Men and women who are separated by rain windows think they can manipulate love, but they don’t want to be manipulated by their emotions. Be careful to disillusion with the letter thrown into the fireplace. Don’t overestimate the loyalty of the other party to you. , and no relationship can be false.
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Alan 2022-03-25 09:01:19
Venice is a suitable place to die, both mentally and physically.
