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“Olivia’s heart stuttered. She’d done that. Turned Margot into a soft and messy thing, loose-limbed and satisfied. Undone and all the more beautiful for it.”

I experienced this scene viscerally and vicariously through both Olivia and Margot. Knowing what the other doesn’t quite realize, that the embers of love simmers underneath what isn’t fully expressed during such a hot scene, is so lovely.

“He could not make the world see him as he wished. Instead the world pressed in upon him, molding, crushing, until he was the shape they made him.”

- A Theory of Dreaming

“Marilla is a famous cook. She is trying to teach me to cook but I assure you, Diana, it is uphill work. There’s so little scope for the imagination in cookery. You just have to go by the rules.”

My exact sentiments about cooking. Anne and I are kindred spirits in so many ways. 😂