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“we were to be actresses on the stages of our future houses.” margaret atwood COOKED with that line
“You must understand that I was not anybody in my own right - although of the privileged class, I was just a young woman about to be confined to wedlock. Wedlock: it had a dull metallic sound, like an iron door clicking shut.”
— Jun 08, 2026 03:40AM
“You must understand that I was not anybody in my own right - although of the privileged class, I was just a young woman about to be confined to wedlock. Wedlock: it had a dull metallic sound, like an iron door clicking shut.”
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“‘You are strong’, said Aunt Lydia, looking at Nicole. ‘Strength is a gift. Gifts should be employed.’ ‘You mean I should hit her?’ said Nicole. ‘That is a very direct way of putting it,’ said Aunt Lydia.”
— Jun 20, 2026 11:46PM
Emma
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“But it’s difficult to be grateful for the absence of an u known quantity. I’m afraid we did not fully appreciate the extent to which those of Aunt Lydia’s generation had been hardened in the fire. They had a ruthlessness about them that we lacked.”
— Jun 17, 2026 03:40PM
Emma
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“keep your friends close but your enemies closer. having no friends, i must make do with enemies.”
— Jun 12, 2026 06:09PM
Emma
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“one person alone is not a full person: we exist in relation to others”
“to breathe was to be nauseated”
— Jun 07, 2026 09:03AM
“to breathe was to be nauseated”
Emma
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LOVED season 1 of the show so it is indeed time to read the book
— Jun 07, 2026 07:18AM