“She was a dark, unenduring little flower - yet he thought he detected in her some quality of spiritual reticence, of strength drawn from her passive acceptance of all things. In this he was mistaken.”
Source: The Beautiful and Damned
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American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes

The Snow Queen in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (eds.) Snow White, Blood Red (1993), p. 363
Short fiction
“How sweetly he came to her, she thought. Even with his bulk and power, he came to her… sweetly.”
Source: Lover Awakened

“Stick Boy liked Match Girl,
he liked her a lot.
He liked her cute figure,
he thought she was hot.”