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| 27 | 1885 | Each chromosome in her body View more quotes about seemed">seemed to quiver with vulnerability, each particle of her body seemed to burn with expectation, with readiness. |
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| 27 | 1882 | Ellen flushed crimson, but her body came alive with femininity. |
| 27 | 1883 | It shuddered with meaning. |
| 27 | 1884 | Each cell in her body seemed to awaken and glow, to tremble with understanding. |
| 27 | 1885 | Each chromosome in her body seemed to quiver with vulnerability, each particle of her body seemed to burn with expectation, with readiness. |
| 27 | 1886 | This is the passion of a slave, she thought. |
| 27 | 1887 | How honestly they speak of us. |
| 27 | 1888 | How truly they speak of us! How do they know these truths? How bold they are to enforce them! Can I not, somehow, hide myself from the truths they see so clearly? No, she thought, in my collar I am not permitted to hide. |