“I get up and pace the room, as if I can leave my guilt behind me. But it tracks me as I walk, an ugly shadow made by myself.”
― Sister
― Sister
“How little Americans know when they disparage acquaintanceship in favour of real, true friendship. It is in acquaintanceship, bringing wiht it as it does delicious dinners, comfortable weekends, gossip shared in picturesque surroundings, but no real intimacy, no responsibility, that the greatest charm of social intercourse lies.”
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“Especially as I was an old friend, or at least I was a person she had known for a long time, which after a certain point is almost the same thing...”
― Past Imperfect
― Past Imperfect
“The freedom of growing older is that one is no longer obliged to dislike someone simply because they dislike you.”
― Snobs
― Snobs
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