Here, she felt, putting the spoon down, was the still space that lies about the heart of things, where one could move or rest...

“It was odd, she thought, how if one was alone, one leant to inanimate things; t…”

“And I will now rock the brown basin from side to side so that my ships may ride…”

“Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence”

“There Rhoda sits staring at the blackboard,' said Louis, 'in theschoolroom, whi…”