“No; he could be ruined again and again by hope, but he would never be capable of belief.”
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
“He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.”
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Jane Austen
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Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
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