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1 " Oh she's alright it's just that - I don't want to get mixed up with anyone in the house. I don't want to get mixed up at all with anybody anymore. "
― , The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1)
2 " Spring came late. For the children, shut in the dark, cold parsonage, adjusting to Aunt and getting over the death that brought her, the winter had seemed endless. But now the rough moor was flecked with racing cloud shadows; the maltreated holly tree had stopped weeping; the green mould on the graves had dried to an unsuggestive grey.The church could never look cheerful. It was too black, and its voice, the bell, always said 'Fu - ner -al... fu - ner- al...' even when it was only calling them to hear one of their Papa's dramatic sermons. "
― , Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontës
3 " What does that mean, historic regions? Is it older than unhistoric regions?" asked Roger "
― , Melusine
4 " I put my chin up and tried to stiffen my upper lip, but found I didn't seem to have any muscles in it. "
5 " When I was your age I met a man older than myself, quite a bit older. I fell in love with him. Really in love. I know people say it’s just puppy love at that age, but I was in love properly. It lasted for years. It was the most powerful feeling I can ever remember. At that age one has no defenses. It just overwhelmed me. "
6 " The Spring can be more painful than any other time of the year. Summer is lazy and indifferent. Autumn is demanding and invigorating. Winter is numb and self-contained, but Spring has none of the palliatives. Every emotional nerve is close to the surface. Every sound and sight, every touch of the air is a summons to feel, to open your doors, to let life possess you and do what it likes with you. "
7 " I know what is wrong. You havn't decided what you want.' She'd underlined this many times. 'Terribly important to draw up a balance sheet every now and then, debits and credits. Decide what's important, what's worth fighting for. Don't drift, ever. Decide then act. If you fail well at least you tried. Don't know what you want so can't advise you how to get it. "
8 " I’m no connoisseur of wines, but I know what’s bad. "
9 " Charlie had been doing something to the hedge; it was not exactly trimmed, but its disorder was now angular instead of bunchy. "
10 " I learned that 'confession' doesn't ease the soul, but challenges it "
11 " But there are, I was learning, different landscapes in the country of love. "