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Thus begins the miscommunication trope.....

But it's so well written. So personal, plausible, accurate to the human experience. You think you understand what's happening, but then you see the other persons POV and you question yourself... it's so easy to miss the point.

"She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life".

“ Marianne lived a drastically free life, he could see that. He was trapped by various considerations. He cared what people thought of him.”