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"the slim one walked toward me, still knitting with downcast eyes - and only just as i began to think of getting out of her way, as you would for a somnambulist, stood still, and looked up. her dress was as plain as an umbrella cover, and she turned round without a word" - your average daily encounter with me walking through the city
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'but triumphant health in the general rout of constitutions is a kind of power in itself'

ironically suggests that 'power'comes from bodily resilience. still applies today where individuals will endure high levels of stress and burnout or even an unhealthy work culture, tolerating harm in exchange for promotion, or treating endurance as a marker of worth.
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Alli is on page 13 of 128
'it's queer how out of touch women are with truth. they live in a world of their own, and there had never been anything like it, and never can be'.

while i find the second sentence relatable, charlie marlow is weaponising the inner world of women, which can be a refuge, to protect male authority and imperial power.
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