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“She could only hate the comfortable, the unmarked, because she felt alien from them. The moment she saw the wound and believed the pain, her anger slipped away like sand through a sieve.”
― Cardington Crescent
― Cardington Crescent
“Everyone wore masks these days, and they seldom slipped. The extreme was the reality-based television shows, where people created meta versions of themselves by trying to act in a way they thought was natural.”
― The Sugar House
― The Sugar House
“she felt alien from them. The moment she saw the wound and believed the pain, her anger slipped away like sand through a sieve.”
― Cardington Crescent
― Cardington Crescent
“We all live our separate lives, in our own kitchens if we are poor, our withdrawing rooms if we are well-to-do; and we do not cooperate for anything, but see ourselves as rivals for the few eligible and well-financed men that are available. Men, on the other hand, work fairly well together, imagining themselves the protectors and providers of the nation, obliged to do everything they can to preserve the situation precisely as it is—in their control—on the assumption that they know best what is right for us and must see that we get it, come hell or high water.” Her head jerked up. “And there are only too many women who are happy to assist them, since the status quo suits them very well also, and they are invariably the people with power.”
― Silence in Hanover Close
― Silence in Hanover Close
Wiene Frans’s 2025 Year in Books
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