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... there are four women in every man’s heart. The Maid in the Meadow, the Demon Lover, the Stouthearted Woman, the Tall and Quiet Woman.

... there are four women in every man’s heart. The Maid in the Meadow, the Demon Lover, the Stouthearted Woman, the Tall and Quiet Woman.

Annie Proulx
Heart, Men, Maids
Annie Proulx (2008). “The Shipping News: A Novel”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

Everybody that went away suffered a broken heart. "I'm coming back some day," they all wrote. But never did. The old life was too small to fit anymore.

Annie Proulx
Heart, Broken, Fit
Annie Proulx (1994). “The Shipping News”, p.313, Simon and Schuster

Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting the tongue, some invoke night perfume. Some had centers as bitter as gall, some blended honey and poison, some were quickly swallowed. And among the common bull's-eyes and peppermints a few rare ones; one or two with deadly needles at the heart, another that brought clam and gentle pleasure. Were his fingers closing on that one?

Annie Proulx
Sweet, Heart, Eye
Annie Proulx (1994). “The Shipping News”, p.315, Simon and Schuster

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