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Great Granny Webster

Book by Caroline Blackwood · 4 quotes · Arm, Character Quote, Despair

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“Aunt Lavinia always had a near-religious belief that it was wicked to inflict one's personal despair on others. Any display of self-pity or self-dissatisfaction she saw as a social cruelty that was very nearly criminal.”

Despair Self Pity Public Displays

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“I suddenly saw Great Granny Webster as awesome. She had outlived so many. She had managed to be both the start of a line and the end of a line. In my family she seemed to be Alpha and Omega.”

Family Character Quote

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“I had hardly ever seen Great Granny Webster at that time, and yet her feelings interested me. She was little more to me than the silhouette of a formidable old woman dressed in black who appeared occasionally at family gatherings and made us feel that she was taking a dangerous risk with her upright spine when circumstances forced her to bend over and kiss her great-grandchildren.”

Kiss Spine Great Grandchildren Great Grandmother Uprightness

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“There is really nothing more unattractive than the sight of a young woman displaying a repulsive amount of arm.”

Unattractive Arm Indecency

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