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Falk had chosen his life in Melbourne. And he was happy with it, he thought. He liked being able to walk down the street, surrounded by people but without a single soul recognising him. He enjoyed work that taxed his brain rather than his
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“Constance and Merricat are indeed “two halves of the same person,” together forming one identity, just as a man and a woman are traditionally supposed to do in marriage. Not finding that wholeness in marriage, Jackson sought it elsewhere … Indeed, the novel, in its final version, is not about “two women murdering a man.” It is about two women who metaphorically murder male society and its expectations for them by insisting on living separate from it, governed only by themselves.”
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
― Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
“Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of your own family on Christmas day.”
― The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time
― The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time
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