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“Drama demands the reversal of expectation, but in such a way that the first surprise is followed by an immediate recognition of inevitability. And inevitability takes careful pin-setting.”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
“Henry James says somewhere that if you have to make notes on how a thing has struck you, it probably hasn’t struck you.”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
“The clear lesson of New England’s history is that when there are not enough suitable men around to run the world, women are perfectly capable of doing so.”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
“Youth hasn’t got anything to do with chronological age. It’s times of hope and happiness.”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
“I have heard of people's lives being changed by a dramatic or traumatic event--a death, a divorce, a winning lottery ticket, a failed exam. I never heard of anybody's life but ours being changed by a dinner party.”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
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