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She was expert and scholarly in disposing of extraneous material; there was the world which related to her, to which she had been or to whom she had spoken, and there was the rest, which was irrelevant. Needless to say, she could not see the point of history and ignored politics. She never voted.
— Jul 12, 2025 08:48PM
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Carol
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He did not want to be young again – that time had had particular and transcendent horrors – but the thought of being any older filled him with panic. He could not imagine finding tranquillity of soul in old age; if he could only be allowed to mark time for a while all might yet be well, one might suddenly achieve equilibrium, certainty, serenity. There would still be possibilities. Hopes.
— Jul 16, 2025 12:13AM
Carol
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‘Edward, are you with me or are you not? I sometimes wonder.’
Only too much so, alas. Only too much so.
— Jul 15, 2025 07:28PM
Only too much so, alas. Only too much so.
Carol
is 31% done
She was a woman without vision or curiosity; her distaste for books was equalled only by her dislike of people. … Helen, marvelling at Joyce's capacity for self-protection, often wondered at her choice of career. It had something to do with order, she decided; Joyce mistrusted books for their content, but liked the way they could be marshalled. The readers were simply an unlooked-for hazard.
— Jul 14, 2025 06:12PM
Carol
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Advice? Surely they needed advice? Of course they needed advice; she reviewed, in a flash, the whole unsatisfactory condition of Greystones, of her state of mind, of life itself. How can we stop the drain flooding whenever it rains? Why do I have to feel guilty because my mother has died? How can I achieve a comforting complacency?
— Jul 14, 2025 04:42PM
