Demelza: You’ve been to war. What is it that drives men to act like savages? Ross: The refusal to see the fellow man as human, to view them instead as a symbol of something theyContinue reading
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Poldark Quote
When you bring an idealised relationship down to the level of an ordinary one, it isn’t necessarily the ordinary one that suffers. ~Ross Poldark
Poldark Quote
“Poverty doesn’t offend me, George. Nor does aspiration. But you’re mistaken if you think greed and exploitation are marks of a gentleman.” ~Ross Poldark
Poldark Quote
Why do you think I married you? To satisfy an appetite… to save myself from being alone, because it was the right thing to do. I had few expectations, at best you’d be a distraction.Continue reading
Winston Graham Grief Quote (Poldark)
There were no tears in her. The wound went too deep, or se was not so constituted to give way to it. Hers would be the perpetual ache of loss and loneliness, slowly dulled withContinue reading
Winston Graham (Poldark) Quote
No man wants his wife to be a woman that other men don’t desire… But every man wants his wife to be a woman that other men don’t get. ~Winston Graham (Poldark)