"Attenuate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and she knew, that, though the fascination which each had exercised over the other—on her part independently of accomplishments—would probably in the first days of their separation be even more potent than ever, time must attenuate that effect; the practical arguments against accepting her as a housemate might pronounce themselves more strongly in the boreal light of a remoter view. Moreover, when two people are once parted—have abandoned ...
— Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman • Thomas Hardy |
