"The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, there was no longer anyone to remember with."
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"We should enjoy food and have fun. It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life."
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"And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time’s malleability."
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"I see that you’ve had the non-pleasure of meeting my sister.Jordo, this is Rylann Pierce.” Jordan raised an eyebrow pointedly at Kyle. He glared. An entire dialogue seemed to pass between them"
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"Once thoroughly our own, the knowledge ceases to give us pleasure."
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"My parents always liked it when I cursed in front of them. I could see the pleasure of it in their faces. It signified that I trusted them, that I was myself in front of them."
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"It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure."
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"It's just a deep pleasure to read something you've written yourself - if and when you like it."
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"I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics."
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"Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure."
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"All the opinions in the world point out that pleasure is our aim."
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"No pleasure is fully delightful without communications, and no delight absolute except imparted."
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"Most pleasures embrace us but to strangle."
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"Pleasure itself is painful at the bottom."
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"Books are a languid pleasure."
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"Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer."
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"And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink."
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"We are prone to seek immediate pleasure or good, however small, rather than remote pleasure or good, however vast."
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"The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time."
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"The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed."
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