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“Even though she looked the same, life had aged her, stolen her innocence, and replaced it with knowledge she’d never asked for.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Separation
“beer”
Dinah Jefferies, The Tea Planter's Wife
“…though he no longer wanted to be a magician, he still had magic in his hands. I knew because when he squeezed mine, the tingle spread to my chest. It was like being in another world, safe and out of the way.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Separation
“Se piangerai perché il sole è fuggito dalla tua vita, le tue lacrime ti impediranno di vedere le stelle”.”
Dinah Jefferies, Before the Rains
“Our gardener used to say beware the lure of the dusk, when demons would come out to play in the shadows of the long grass.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Separation
“My husband bought me my first camera when we were on our honeymoon. I found I could see things differently through my lens. I learnt to focus on the unexpected. It was like seeing the world anew. For me photography is not just about what I see, it's about what I feel.”
Dinah Jefferies, Before the Rains
“La tua vera famiglia potrebbe non essere quella in cui sei nata.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“be”
Dinah Jefferies, The Missing Sister
“Anna held up her white parasol and nervously glanced down at the vendors selling everything from fresh sherbet to fried fish with chilli. There were strange-looking fruits, chiffon sarees, books and jewellery, and, behind fine latticed windows, women losing”
Dinah Jefferies, Before the Rains
“È difficile immaginare che il mondo che tanto si conosce e si ama possa essere improvvisamente e inaspettatamente distrutto.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“Il sonno era la sua medicina, leniva i pensieri più oscuri e paurosi relegandoli nei luoghi più remoti della mente.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“Oamenii cred, ca daca supravietuiesti sotului, nu ai avut grija cum trebuie de el si ca de vina e karma ta rea.”
Dinah Jefferies, Before the Rains
“don’t even”
Dinah Jefferies, The Missing Sister
“Da bambine, Sylvie era quella calma e tranquilla, mentre Nicole era abituata a ricevere gli schiaffi sulle mani, specie dopo averle infilate nella marmellata di prugne di Lisa o nella dispensa per rubacchiare una fetta di torta. Si metteva sempre nei guai perché correva per le scale, o perché gridava da un piano all’altro della casa, scivolava sulle ringhiere, cadeva negli stagni, fino al giorno funesto in cui avevano preso la barca senza chiedere il permesso.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“A volte ho l’impressione che mi stia disintegrando poco a poco. Come se piccoli frammenti di me si stessero rompendo.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“Era come se il guscio francese in cui era cresciuta, avesse iniziato a rompersi.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“Il passato era importante, e avrebbe voluto che suo figlio avesse sempre ricordi felici. Memorie ben radicate in una vita piena d’amore. La sua era stata un’infanzia difficile, c’erano momenti in cui non riusciva a pensare ad altro se non a quanto fosse stata travagliata.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“snakes.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Tea Planter's Wife
“«C’è qualcosa di inquietante in questo momento della giornata», disse infine Sylvie, sfregandosi le mani. «Non credi?».
Nicole non rispose.
«Non è ancora notte. Ma non è più giorno. È il momento del passaggio, credo. Non si sa bene. Non mi è mai piaciuto».”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“A little further on, the path sloped steeply downwards. That”
Dinah Jefferies, The Tea Planter's Wife
“I can’t complain. Verity’s been telling me all about the”
Dinah Jefferies, The Tea Planter's Wife
“Non è semplice vedere se stessi con lucidità.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“photographs.”
Dinah Jefferies, Before the Rains
“husband’s main account was virtually”
Dinah Jefferies, The Sapphire Widow
“Non c’è bisogno di sembrare francese per essere bella.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“Nosy people find out things they’d rather not know.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Separation
“that lean husband of yours.’ Lydia nodded, unable to identify the source of her unease. She didn’t like being parted from her girls, ever, and the hazards of a separation during the Emergency were”
Dinah Jefferies, The Separation
“La morte era ovunque, anche se non poteva vederla.”
Dinah Jefferies, The Silk Merchant's Daughter
“She wore black, as always, but with a”
Dinah Jefferies, The Tea Planter's Wife

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