“There was something appealing in thinking of a character with a secret life that her author knew nothing about. Slipping off while the author's back was turned, to find love in her own way. Showing up just in time to deliver the next bit of dialogue with an innocent face.” ThinkingWayCharacterFacesNextBitsSecretInnocentDialogueFinding LoveShowing UpSlippingSecret Life Author:Karen Joy Fowler
“Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.” WayPersonsLateValuableArrivingPunctuality Book:The Jane Austen Book Club Source: The Jane Austen Book Club
“The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff. Saying nothing was more amendable, and over time I'd come to see that it was usually your best course of action.” WayActionCoursesIndividualGoneMutualCliffsSpoken WordSaying Nothing Book:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
