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‘To be known as [Helen’s] boyfriend plants him firmly in the social world, establishes him as an acceptable person, someone with a particular status, someone whose conversational silence is thoughtful rather than socially awkward.” (pg. 155).
— Dec 09, 2025 08:18PM
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‘He can’t help Marianne, no matter what he does. There’s something frightening about her, some huge emptiness in the pit of her being. It’s like waiting for a lift to arrive and when the doors open nothing is there, just a terrible dark emptiness of the elevator shaft, on and on forever.’ (pg. 247).
— Dec 10, 2025 05:50AM
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‘In a series of emails they exchanged recently about their own friendship, Marianne expressed her feelings about Connell mainly in terms of her sustained interest in his opinions and beliefs, the curiosity she feels about his life, and her instinct to survey his thoughts whenever she feels conflicted about anything.’ (pg. 162).
— Dec 09, 2025 08:45PM
