"there comes a time when ambition ceases to burn, or romance to stir, and the highest cry of the human heart is for peace."

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The pleasures of intimacy in friendship depend far more on external circumstances than people of a sentimental turn of mind are willing to concede; and when constant companionship ceases to suit the convenience of both parties, the chances are that it will be dropped on the first favourable opportunity.

— Hester Lynch Piozzi