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Nay, nay!” said the Squire. “It’s not so easy to break one’s heart. Sometimes I’ve wished it were. But one has to go on living—‘all the appointed days,’ as is said in the Bible.

Elizabeth Gaskell
Heart, Goes On, Sometimes
Elizabeth Gaskell (2015). “Wifes And Daughters”, p.602, Elizabeth Gaskell
Nay, nay!” said the Squire. “It’s not so easy to break one’s heart. Sometimes I’ve wished it were. But one has to go on living—‘all the appointed days,’ as is said in the Bible.