The Sea of Matrimony: A Novel (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Jessie H. Childs

9780365329541: The Sea of Matrimony: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0365329541 ISBN 13: 9780365329541

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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"Mere puppets, Winthrop, mere puppets, I say, in the hands of an unfathomable fate, force, what you will. One's life seems laid down for one, it unrolls itself like a manuscript, and we read it as we go along whether we will or no. We laugh or cry, suffer agonies of anguish, physical or mental, or go along blindly, stupidly. We hurt others, sometimes our nearest and dearest, or we are hurt. We bring joy sometimes, or we receive it, and through it all how much control have we, even over our own feelings? And underneath it all we feel the tremendous possibilities of what might be ours if we only knew a little more, if we could control or guide our lives a little more. But, sooner or later, we awake to the knowledge that we have just missed it - whatever it may be - the thing that would have made life worth the living. For you, ambition unfulfilled; the knowledge that, with all your great genius and marvelous gifts (for the gods were good to you, dear), you have not gained what you wanted."

She laughed a bitter little laugh.

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