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“Her mothers quiet disapproval and withdrawal was a death in itself, and Francklines despair at it was transmitted, she was sure of it, to the child. She transgressed twice, first by making the chil...”
“How naive Lore had been, despite being the daughter of a father no one spoke of, despite the strange, incomplete conversations at her mothers deathbed; how again and again she was caught up short b...”
“Writers know all the good reasons for subjecting their work to a sharp trim. Early drafts are notorious for repetition, indirection and overdevelopment of the trivial.”
“In the spring and summer I watched my plants flower, but it was, perhaps, in winter that I loved them best, when their skeletons were exposed. Then I felt they had more to say to me, were not simpl...”
“Night is the worst time. After the long regimentation of the day, the enforced silences, the men want to talk. At first it doesnt matter what about: TV, movies, travel, jobs. I lie on my side on my...”
“Her mother’s quiet disapproval and withdrawal was a death in itself, and Franckline’s despair at it was transmitted, she was sure of it, to the child. She transgressed twice, first by making the ch...”
