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«Every life has its kernel, its hub, its epicentre, from which everything flows out, to which everything returns. This moment is the absent mother’s: the boy, the empty house, the deserted yard, the unheard cry.»
— Jan 25, 2026 02:45PM
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«Anyone, Eliza is thinking, who describes dying as 'slipping away' or 'peaceful' has never witnessed it happen. Death is violent, death is a struggle. The body clings to life, as ivy to a wall, and will not easily let go, will not surrender its grip without a fight.»
— Feb 06, 2026 01:27AM
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«How easy is it, Agnes thinks, as she lifts the plates, to miss the pain and anguish of one person, if that person keeps quiet, if he keeps it all in, like a bottle stoppered too tightly, the pressure inside building and building, until – what? Agnes doesn’t know.»
— Feb 05, 2026 09:44AM
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«‘That you had more hidden away inside you than anyone else she’d ever met.’»
— Feb 04, 2026 02:15PM
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«She steps into the church, conscious of the three things she is holding. The ring on her finger, the spray of rowan berries, curled into her palm, the hand of her husband.»
— Feb 03, 2026 08:20AM
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«There is, she has found, great power to be had in silence. Which is something this brother of hers has never learnt.»
— Jan 30, 2026 01:41AM
