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Book cover for Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma
While he dropped fortunes at roulette and insisted on his guests having the best view and every delicacy in restaurants, he himself would often walk home or take the Underground rather than choose the comfort of a cab.
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Celeste Ng
“Nothing is an accident,” Pauline would say, again and again.”
Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

Gail Honeyman
“Time only blunts the pain of loss. It doesn’t erase it.”
Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“Bacon loved the extremes of waking in the grim discomfort of his living quarters and working in the studio’s cramped chaos before appearing for dinner, impeccably groomed, in the hushed opulence of a grand hotel.”
Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma

Celeste Ng
“She had learned, with Izzy’s birth, how your life could trundle along on its safe little track and then, with no warning, skid spectacularly off course.”
Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“While he dropped fortunes at roulette and insisted on his guests having the best view and every delicacy in restaurants, he himself would often walk home or take the Underground rather than choose the comfort of a cab.”
Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma

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