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Amalia was what people might have described as “a strong personality”—a woman with fierce opinions who appeared to fear just about nothing. She showed no sign of caring whether people liked her, and no doubt many did not.
“People endured horrors, and then they couldn’t talk about them. The real stories of the world were bedded in silence.”
― Old God's Time
― Old God's Time
“The burden of getting older was borne alone,”
― Old God's Time
― Old God's Time
“It was not just because he was old, and looked old to them, but because he was a pensioned ghost from the strange past, a pointless survivor, an old soldier of forgotten wars. A remnant, with a torn gansey for a soul.”
― Old God's Time
― Old God's Time
“Not so many years ago the parish priest would not have let her be buried in hallowed ground. Not any fucking more. No fucking priests allowed instead.”
― Old God's Time
― Old God's Time
“No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying.”
― Old God's Time
― Old God's Time
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