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The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.

Thornton Wilder

The Bridge on San Luis Rey · 1927

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Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Vintage, 2023.

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Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.

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