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“I could see the piano in the middle of the empty stage, dimly lit from above by just one or two lights” (Ishiguro 518). 🎹💡

“Without waiting for a reply, I pushed my way past the break-fast trolley out into the corridor” (Ishiguro 517)🍳🏃

“I appear to have neglected a number of things I was very much looking forward to doing’” (Ishiguro 505).

“‘If only it were a matter of hard work. But some of us, we’re just not born with the gift. We haven’t got it in us” (Ishiguro 480).🎁🥀

“‘It will be magnificent tonight, Ryder,’ […] ‘She’ll see. She’ll see at last’” (Ishiguro 466).🎹🙏🏼

“He’s not so young now […] We can’t hide from it. There’s nothing to be gained in pretending about it” (Ishiguro 450).🍃

“You can behave in any way you like at functions like that. Do whatever you want. It doesn’t make any difference. You’re worth more than the whole room of them put together” (Ishiguro 446).🙏🏼👨🏻‍🍳