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“I said to my husband that I wished to make a record of my life…

‘But Margery, there would be no interest in such a thing. A woman knows little of life,’ he said’” (156-157).

To quote Miss Cornelia: “Isn’t that like a man?” 🤣

“I have become a great watcher of light and dark. Once the golden light of the sun sinks away, the colour is taken out of things, and the world fades one object at a time…In the morning, I watch the world coming into being, leaf by leaf, brick by brick, cloud by cloud, as if every day God says ‘Let there be light’ and creates the world afresh” (111-112).

“I had thought I was ready for the life of an anchoress. I had wanted to prolong each moment of my life, to get closer to experiencing time as God experiences it: not the instantly dissolving moment, but something larger and more encompassing. A stillness that doesn’t pass as soon as you think yourself into it” (70).