“I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should mind having a little Phyllis Dawn but Dearest wants a boy and I do.” ThinkingWantShouldMindBelieveLittlesGirlBornBoysBabyDon't BelieveDawnAugustBaby Girl Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965 Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965
“Rage swept over her at being young, young and little, as if some evil fairy had put that spell on her. Why must you be locked up in this dreadful cage of childhood for twenty or a hundred years? Nothing in life was possible unless you were old and rich, until then you were only small and futile before your tormentors, desperately waiting for the release that only years could bring.” IfsYearsLittlesYoungEvilWaitingRichChildhoodHundredTwentiesRageReleaseFairySpellsLockedMentorCagesLocked Up Book:Dawn Powell at Her Best Source: Dawn Powell at Her Best
