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1 " I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, miss. Charitable people like yourself saved my life. But I wish they’d thought a bit more about what I was to do with it, once it was safe. "
― Laura Purcell , The Corset
2 " That's why Ma took in piecework and flowering from Mrs Metyard: to keep us afloat. Pa always used that term, afloat. And it seemed to me Pa did float - he kept his head above the water and painted his pictures. Beneath was Ma, kicking through dirt and reeds. "
3 " But then I have noted that murderous thoughts seldom trouble the pretty and the fashionable. "
4 " But instead I shared the fate of all girls who are poor of pocket: I was tied to my work, like a needle tethered by thread. "
