Anna Godbersen Quotes - Page 4

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• The value of secrets is ever fluctuating although ladies who have been in society for a long time learn that a secret kept can be worth more than a secret told.

  Anna Godbersen

  Long, Secret, Has Beens

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• Though her emotions had not deviated from a jittery frailty she knew that in her own room she could at least attempt sleep and that if she dreamed she might then finally be with Henry.

  Anna Godbersen

  Sleep, Might, Rooms

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• That was the way love was, she guessed-it left you always unsteady on your feet.

  Anna Godbersen

  Feet, Way, Left

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• You love her," Teddy observed quietly. Henry replied with an uncharacteristic lack of irony: "Yes." Teddy's eyes shifted to the plaster interlacing that decorated the ceiling in curlicues. "Lord, you never make it easy, do you." "No.

  Anna Godbersen

  Eye, Ceilings, Irony

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• Good girls hold their heads high by daylight, Their grace and their virtue soaring with kites, While bad girls slink along in their shame- Everyone stares at them, everyone blames. But those bad girls sleep soundly at night, Ne'er do their consciences wake them in a fright, While our good girls toss and they turn- They lay awake for those who will burn.

  Anna Godbersen

  Girl, Sleep, Night

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• She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.

  Anna Godbersen

  Sight, Dose

  Anna Godbersen (2009). “Rumors”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure, then the respect of her peers and her staff will follow in short order.

  Anna Godbersen

  Order, Peers, Dry

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• But I wanted to tell you before I left how completely abjectly sorry I am for all the pain I have caused you and that if I die you were the one true love of my life. By the time you read this I will be gone but please know I am still always at your side.... Yours forever Henery William Schoonmaker

  Anna Godbersen

  Sorry, Pain, Your Side

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