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Margaret the First

Book by Danielle Dutton · 2 quotes · Ambition, Daydreams, Identity

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All Ambition Daydreams Identity Self Creation Uniqueness Of Individual Wandering Thoughts Where Ideas Come From

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“I had rather be a meteor, single, alone.' Plus Paris itself was noisome. Even with its glittering bridges and orangeries, even if the birthplace of ballet. 'I had rather been a meteor, than a star in a crowd.”

Identity Ambition Uniqueness Of Individual Self Creation

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“Off come her skirts and petticoats, her lace cuffs and collar, her shoes and whalebone stay, until she lies on her side in nothing but a cotton shift and endless strands of pearls. Dust hangs in a crack of light between red velvet drapes, like stars. Her dreams are glimpses, bewildered--celestial charts, oceanic swells, massive, moving bodies of water, the heavens as heavenly liquid, familiar whirlpools, the universe as a ship lost at sea--but the ship she imagines arrived safely, years ago, loaded with their possessions.”

Daydreams Wandering Thoughts Where Ideas Come From

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