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1 " He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles -- his terms, that -- and making her own way in the world.He didn't realize that the truth was so much more complex, so much less impressive. She had less thrown than been thrown. "
― Lauren Willig , The Ashford Affair
2 " Imagination was all very well in the daylight, but it was an uncomfortable thing late at night. "
3 " Her mother would be appalled, but she wouldn't say anything. She would just telegraph her distress with tightened lips and raised brows. She was good at that. Clemmie's mother's brows were better than sign language, complicated concepts conveyed with the minimum of movement. "
4 " Most of the time, there is no truth, only various levels of interpretation. Fact is a construct we provide to the public. "
5 " there is no friend like a sister / In calm or stormy weather; / To cheer one on the tedious way, / To fetch one if one goes astray, / To lift one if one totters down, / To strengthen whilst one stands.’” Bea was much struck by this. “How lovely, "
6 " embroidered Louis XV chair, legs crossed at the "