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Not the End of the World QUOTES

Not the End of the World QUOTES

1 " We could buy a sewing machine and share it,” Charlene said. “We could buy cloth and spools of thread and paper patterns and spend pleasant winter evenings dressmaking together. Perhaps by the soft light from beautiful glass oil lamps. We could sit in a pool of golden light from the beautiful glass oil lamps and our silver needles would glimmer and flash as we bowed our heads to the simple yet honest work.” But "

― Kate Atkinson , Not the End of the World

2 " That was the one thing June had been terrified of having - a standard life, an ordinary life, a life like her parents’ - living in a pink sandstone semi-detached villa in the suburbs with a neat garden and an en-suite master bedroom with fitted wardrobes "

― Kate Atkinson , Not the End of the World

3 " Why did people understand how precious each day was only once the doors to the grave had opened and they had looked inside? What was the point of that? "

― Kate Atkinson , Not the End of the World