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— Letitia Elizabeth Landon"When does the mind put forth its powers? when are the stores of memory unlocked? when does wit 'flash from fluent lips?' -- when but after a good dinner? Who will deny its influence on the affections? Half our friends are born of turbots and truffles."
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Strange the affection which clings to inanimate objects - objects which cannot even know our love! But it is not return that constitutes the strength of an attachment.
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Nothing but love can answer to love; no affection, no kindness, no care, can supply its place: it is its own sweet want.
— Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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