“¿Sabes?, si no alientas de entrada a las personas, aunque sea de vez en cuando, se mueren de tristeza o se transforman en Hitler”
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
“People are sorry for brides who lose their husbands early, from some accident, or war. And they should be sorry, Mrs Palfrey thought. But the other thing is worse.”
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
“The disaster of being old was in not feeling safe to venture anywhere, of seeing freedom put out of reach.”
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
“...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa.”
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
“It was hard work being old. It was like being a baby, in reverse. Every day for an infant means some new little thing learned; every day for the old means some little thing lost. Names slip away, dates mean nothing, sequences become muddled, and faces blurred. Both infancy and age are tiring times.”
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
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