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The Romance of the Forest
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"The Romance of the Forest" Quotes

A young woman seeks refuge in an abandoned abbey and becomes embroiled in a web of dark secrets and Gothic mysteries.

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The heart of man is the place of the devil's habitation.

Ann Radcliffe

evilhuman nature

Misfortunes are, in some measure, the fruits of our own misconduct.

Ann Radcliffe

misconductconsequences

The heart may be broken, and the mind remain unshaken.

Ann Radcliffe

heartbreakresilience

There are moments which the heart seizes, and is never able to recover.

Ann Radcliffe

emotionsheartache

Hope is the balm of life.

Ann Radcliffe

hopeoptimism

The heart, too, has its moments of conviction.

Ann Radcliffe

heartconviction

The human heart is a strange mixture of weakness and strength.

Ann Radcliffe

human natureheart

In silence we must be for a while, till passions shall have subsided.

Ann Radcliffe

silenceemotions

The world is not what it seems; and to understand it, we must not trust to its appearances.

Ann Radcliffe

perceptionreality

The mind, like the body, is strengthened by exercise.

Ann Radcliffe

mindstrength