" Then you won’t come?” Said Father Lambert. “I’m sorry, I can’t.” She went to the door and held it open, but the Father was looking at Olivia—“As if I were an identity,” said Olivia afterwards, but that was not the right word. “You mean entity,” said Angela. “Isn’t everyone that?” But Olivia shook her head. Up to that moment, or the moment that Lovejoy had taken her hand, she, Olivia, had been a shadow. "

― Rumer Godden , An Episode of Sparrows