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Alec Quotes
Four of the best book quotes from Alec
#1
“That fatal May morning when Geneviève murmured, ‘I love you, but I think I love Boris best,’ told on me at last. I had never imagined that it could become more than I could endure. Outwardly tranquil, I had deceived myself.”
author
Robert W. Chambers
book
The King in Yellow
characters
Boris Yvain
Alec
Geneviève
concepts
unrequited love
heartbreak
heartache
rejection
deception
#2
“The mask of self-deception was no longer a mask for me, it was a part of me.”
author
Robert W. Chambers
book
The King in Yellow
character
Alec
concepts
deception
self deception
masks
identity
#3
“You and I have all we need in this world. Ah! how sinister and covetous you look already!”
author
Robert W. Chambers
book
The King in Yellow
characters
Boris Yvain
Alec
concepts
sinister
covetous
materialism
wanting more
#4
“Never in word or deed or thought while with them had I betrayed my sorrow even to myself.”
author
Robert W. Chambers
book
The King in Yellow
character
Alec
concepts
sorrow
heartache
relationships
hidden secrets
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