A 'career woman,'" Sylvie said, as if the two words had no place in the same sentence. "A spinster," she added, contemplating the word. Ursula wondered why her mother was working so hard to rile her. "Perhaps you will never marry," Sylvie said, as if in conclusion, as if Ursula's life was as good as over. "Would that be such a bad thing? 'The unmarried daughter,'" Ursula said, tucking into an iced fancy. "It was good enough for Jane Austen.
Kate AtkinsonKittens were in continual abundance on the farm, there was a kind of kitten currency in the neighborhood, they were bartered for all kinds of emotional regret or fulfillment by parents - a doll lost, an exam passed.
Kate AtkinsonSylvie’s knowledge, like Izzie's, was random yet far-ranging, ‘The sign that one has acquired one’s learning from reading novels rather than an education…
Kate AtkinsonBut I know nothing; my future is a wide-open vista, leading to an unknown country - The Rest Of My Life.
Kate AtkinsonTags: life inspirational future knowledge
The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.
Kate AtkinsonI am a jewel. I am a drop of blood. I am Ruby Lennox!
Kate AtkinsonTags: jewel ruby-lennox
The past is what you take with you.
Kate AtkinsonHe was born a politician.
No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.
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Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness
Kate AtkinsonTags: life hate solitude loneliness alone lonely
Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love.
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