“As a person much confided in, she had learnt how to let her mind wander a little on a tether, and now she looked out of the taxi at the sun flashing high on buildings and thought what a lovely late afternoon it was.”
― In a Summer Season
― In a Summer Season
“All that she saw and felt tired her, and she longed to shut out the world and be secure in the womb of her imagination.”
― Angel
― Angel
“She could not go on a bus without having an adventure, usually brought about by not minding her own business, and there was always some curious incident to relate to Vinny when he returned home in the evening.”
― The Sleeping Beauty
― The Sleeping Beauty
“She went on slowly and dreamily along the shore. Beautiful women do not need to hurry.”
― The Sleeping Beauty
― The Sleeping Beauty
“One is left so much on one’s own. People are shy of the bereaved. They don’t quite know what to be.”
― The Sleeping Beauty
― The Sleeping Beauty
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