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“The past is the past. It’s the present we should worry about.”
“Class, she reminded herself, was the real marker in America.”
“It was a failure of pedagogical nerve, she reminded herself, to give up on a student.”
“The damage love does when love goes astray. And did it ever, given half a chance, fail to wander?”
“Anarchy raised its seductive head. He could do anything; there was nothing that was not allowed.”
“What was inside him would never go away. What had happened would never not have happened.”
“The slippery slope was everywhere.”
“The presence of the policeman around the corner is the only thing that keeps us civilised.”
“The miracle,” Claire said, “is that anybody stays together.”
“Does everybody always have to be on the prowl for love?”
“What bound people together was so fragile.”
“If it was to be a time of momentous changes, then why not allow oneself to be swept along?”
“Love loves anarchy. It loves to wreak havoc. It loves to dance atop the ruins.”