But I never just quite liked that ryhme.”Why not, child?”Because it seems to say one’s as good as another, or two new ones are better than one that’s lost. . . . Somehow, when once you’ve looked into anybody’s eyes, right deep down into them, I mean, nobody will do for that one any more. Nobody, ever so beautiful or so good, will make up for that one going out of sight.

But I never just quite liked that ryhme.”Why not, child?”Because it seems to say one’s as good as another, or two new ones are better than one that’s lost. . . . Somehow, when once you’ve looked into anybody’s eyes, right deep down into them, I mean, nobody will do for that one any more. Nobody, ever so beautiful or so good, will make up for that one going out of sight.

– George MacDonald –

At the Back of the North Wind

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