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"A woman's lot is to suffer"

"History has failed us, but no matter."

What a brilliant way to start the book!

Such beautiful and moving writing, lovely movement between the past and present

"And Alice well accustomed to placating volatile men, knew only to await her punishment"

I am thoroughly enjoying this book- I don't want to finish it.

"If God wanted me to give you up, he wouldn't have made me who I am."

"So of course in the midst of everything, the state of the world being what it is, humanity on the cusp of extinction, here I am writing another email about sex and friendship. What else is there to live for?"

"And isn’t death just the apocalypse in the first person?"

I may not be Sally Rooney's intended target audience but she writes so beautifully and it's almost as if she's writing just for me.