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1 " And Futh, looking at the lighthouse, wondered how this could happen--how there could be this constant warning of danger, the taking of all these precautions, and yet still there was all this wreckage. "
― Alison Moore , The Lighthouse
2 " It is like being wrenched soul first through time. "
3 " His heart feels like the raw meat it is. "
4 " A speck of saliva flew from Ida's mouth onto Ester's lower lip. When Ida released Ester's arm and left the toilets, Ester wiped her mouth and reapplied her lipstick, but still she felt it there, the fleck of spit. In the hours which followed, Ester put her mouth to the rims of countless champagne glasses and wine glasses and shot glasses, but still she felt that spack of saliva clinging on. And even hours later, when Ester and Bernard were alone in bed and he was kissing her, all she could think about was Ida's spit on her lip, as if it were still there, pressed between her mouth and Bernard's like a cold sore. "
5 " او از چرتش بیدار می‌شود و چند لحظه‌ای پای آیینه‌ی میز آرایشش می‌نشیند تا صورتش را آرایش کند و می‌داند این آرایش نمی‌تواند دایره‌های سیاه زیر چشمانش را مخفی کند و احتمالاً فقط توجه دیگران را به چروک‌های دور چشم و خطوط کوچک دور دهانش جلب خواهد کرد، به این فکر می‌کند که آیا زیادی پیر است؟ "
