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“For the first time she could see a man's head naked of its skull. Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the caves and promontories of his mind long before they darted through the tunnel of his mouth.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“...she starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see...”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“As the years drew on it was the fear of nothingness in her life that affected her.”
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“There can be no relation more strange, more critical, than that between two beings who know each other only with their eyes, who meet daily, yes, even hourly, eye each other with a fixed regard, and yet by some whim or freak of convention feel constrained to act like strangers. Uneasiness rules between them, unslaked curiosity, a hysterical desire to give rein to their suppressed impulse to recognize and address each other; even, actually, a sort of strained but mutual regard. For one human being instinctively feels respect and love for another human being so long as he does not know him well enough to judge him; and that he does not, the craving he feels is evidence.”
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
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