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There are probably as many different dialects for the heart as for the tongue, are there not?
Elizabeth Barrett Browningverified·The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 1 (ed. Frederic G. Kenyon)·October 22, 1842
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we never could differ about the worth and comfort of domestic affection
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There is only one event in my life which never loses its bitterness; which comes back on me like a retreating wave, going and coming again, which was and is my grief--I never had but one brother who loved and comprehended me.
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Husband, lover, nurse--not one of these, has Robert been to me, but all three together.
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A man's life does not develop rightly without it, and what is called an 'improvident marriage' often appears to me a noble, righteous, and prudent act.
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When gone from hence, may nobody think of me again, except when one or two may think perhaps how I loved them