quick question

[zsazsa101]

While walking my dog and ruminating on the complexities and mysteries of life and writing, I had the brilliant thought:

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, no one else was crazy enough to want them.When I got home to impart this brilliant wisdom to D and see if he felt it appropriate for a 19th century story, he said it was

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[c_nadjowski]

I'm assuming that your question wasn't rhetorical here... Personally, I think that second one sounds better for an early 19th century conv. Only because the term "crazy" and to *want* someone wasn't used all that often (speaking in a literary sense). As for the meaning behind them, I'd go for yours. Oh and about your previous post, did you know that Jane Eyre was considered ahead of its time because feminism wasn't embodied until after the second world war? Before then, women were literally treated as the less important sex; what with them being deprived from education and all. Any novel written before that time period portrayed women as being 'fragile,' emotional and maybe even weak-minded (which are all similar really)... so anyone narrow-minded enough to overlook the fact that you'd written a historical story in the present where the majority of your readers are most likely looking for a romance novel, rather than critics with a history major, is not worth taking seriously. Just my opinion and theory anyway. I hope you do get a

[frostedpopcorn]

1. That is cute, touching and.. aww. Made me smile.
2. Grosse Point Blank is such an amazing film, I've definitely got to pick it up again. :D