- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
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- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
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- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
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- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
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- Twelfth Night
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- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
This quote is spoken by Margaret on her final morning in Helstone, which she is visiting for the last time with Mr. Bell. She has found the visit rather upsetting—many of her favorite places and people are altered, or vanished altogether. In short, Helstone is far from the idyllic haven she’d cherished early in the story and pined for from Milton. However, Margaret reflects on the ways she herself has changed and realizes it’s foolish to expect the world to stand still for her. Being stuck in her own regrets blinds her to positive developments that benefit others. This breakthrough…