She had assured herself more than once… that Vronsky was no more to her than any of the hundreds of identical young men one came across everywhere, and that she would never allow herself to bestow a thought on him. Yet in the first flash of seeing him again a feeling of joyful pride swept over her… Though she could remember neither her own words or his, she felt instinctively that that brief interchange had drawn them terribly close together; and this both frightened her and made her happy. When she awoke it was already broad daylight and the train was nearing Petersburg. At once thoughts or home, of husband and son, of the cares of this day and those that were to follow beset her.
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Baltimore: Penguin,1954) p. 118
You used to pray that somehow she would come your way
And she would want to be your lover and your friend
He gave you what you wanted I guess He heard you pray
And you said that you would love her
There would never be another
And only death could be the end
How could you throw it all away
When you know it could have lasted for so long?
Why would you throw it all away?
I remember when it used to be so strong
It used to be she was all you ever dreamed of
Just to see her could make you feel so good
You waited all your life to find that real love
But now you’re feeling like you never did
Forgotten everything you said
Like you swore you never would
She waited all her life to find that special one
Someone who would love her through the years
She gave you more than I would ask of anyone
You took everything she gave to you
Will you leave her only tears?
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