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"'Come this way immediately,' commanded Cecil, who always felt that he must lead women, though he knew not whither, and protect them, though he knew not against what."

Yup.

"She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women, 'Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything, your slave, be strong!' But they were words she could not say.
The only thing she said when he released her from his embrace was, 'You don't know how happy I am to be with you.' That was the most her reserve allowed her to express."

Czech romance hits different

Immersing myself in The Unbearable Lightness of Being this month by reading 11 pages a day. So far this is reminding me of Love in the Time of Cholera which was a disappointing read for me. The writing is gorgeous, though.

Book 6 of 7 Done
I'm pretty speechless

Book 5 of 7 done

Thoughts : I wonder if all deeply religious people doubt God this often

Book 4 of 7 done
Thoughts : this book is addictive and I hope Asle is ok

Book 3 of 7 done
Thoughts: it's starting to get harder to tell who is who but I'm not sure that matters that much

Book 2 of 7 done
Thoughts : wonder where this is going but also happy to go along for the ride

Finished Book 1
Thoughts:
1. Alcoholism is a b@tch
2. It's crazy how the less punctuation Fosse uses, the more deep sense he makes, what a writer!

"...Rosamond's discontent in her marriage was due to the conditions of marriage itself, to its demand for self-suppression and tolerance and not to the nature of her husband. But the easy conception of an unreal better had a sentimental charm which diverted her ennui."

"Will was not surprised by her silence. His mind also was tumultuously busy while he watched her, and he was feeling rather wildly that something must happen to hinder their parting - some miracle, clearly nothing in their own deliberate speech."

If not your own deliberate speech, then what, Will??

"It's delightful to be on retreat at a temple over the New Year when it's terribly cold and there's a feeling of snow in the freezing air."

" Sorrow comes in so many ways. Two years ago I had no notion of that-I mean of the unexpected ways in which trouble comes, and ties our hands, and makes us silent when we long to speak. I used to despise women a little for not shaping their lives more, and doing better things. I was very fond of doing as I liked, but I have almost given it up."

Oh baby Dorothea !!

"We were hoping to meet some people along the way, but to our great disappointment all we came across was the odd worthless commoner and a lowly priest or two."
Was Sei Shōnagon the Kim Kardashian of her time??