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"And the crystalline forms, the granite, the hornblende-schist, shone darkly with the idea that she would not write, that the Protean letter would form and reform, in her head, that it might beco...

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"The tide was out; the sea was far away. The moment had come for a personal conversation. Both felt this; both were mostly willing, but inhibited" (282). "'I had a bad time, with Fergus. We torm...

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"'Children are the Devil...They only know the truth'" (204). "Sometimes her eyes fill and the tears roll down her cheeks. Once, when I smoothed her hair back, she suddenly started to weep, and n...

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There are faster ways to read, but I'm glad I have all of these quotes and notes to reflect on later. "You have read my thoughts - or made clear to me what were my predispositions - not in an in...

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Reminds me of Aaron's butterfly metaphor for young, impressionable girls: "Here is a Riddle, Sir, an old Riddle, an easy Riddle - hardly worth your thinking about - a fragile Riddle, in white and...

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Cracking India reference #1: p.101 (the canal) "And I become aware of religious differences. It is sudden. One day everybody is themselves - and the next day they are Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christ...

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"Roland felt briefly guilty of the oppressions of mankind" (75). Just a sad, nicely put, common feeling. Adorable: "Roland turned his eyes back to the shadowy desk. He did not feel the presence...

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Mostly, I'm listing quotes that I'm too polite to underline in a book that isn't mine. "It was immediately clear that the book had been undisturbed for a very long time, perhaps even since it ha...

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Okay, this is a book for my Literature of India class, and I really can't spend a long time on this entry because my test is due by 11:55, but I just wanted to record this line of Lenny's about h...

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