‘She brought herself away from the disagreeably clinging thought by imagining the sweet sharp sensation of being burned alive…’
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‘They still remembered to use stones…’
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‘We’ll never get them to notice us if we say ordinary things in an ordinary way…’
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‘All great and precious things are lonely…’
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‘If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed…’
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‘We live as we dream. Alone…’
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‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will’
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‘See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories…’
Book Review: Notes from a Small Island
‘Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realised what it was that I loved about Britain – which is to say, all of it…’
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‘I only know that I am alone – horribly alone…’
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