“They were young; time hadn't yet rubbed at them, polishing their differences and sharpening their opinions...”
“and yet there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions." (Colonel Brandon)”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
“I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed --and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet.”
“A time came when one rubbed one's eyes; one is still rubbing them today.”
“It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.”