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“We all want to be guilty, because guilt is power.”

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This novel delves into the complexities of romantic and platonic relationships, offering a nuanced perspective on human connections. more

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Alison Lurie

American novelist born on September 3, 1926. Alison Lurie is known for her delicate psychological portrayals and profound insights into American social culture. more

“Attempts to limit female mobility by hampering locomotion are ancient and almost universal. The foot-binding of upper-class Chinese girls and the Nigerian custom of loading women's legs with pounds of heavy brass wire are extreme examples, but all over the world similar stratagems have been employed to make sure that once you have caught a woman she cannot run away, and even if she stays around she cannot keep up with you. ... Literally as well as figuratively modern women's shoes are what keeps Samantha from running as fast as Sammy.”

“Many Americans think of the rest of the world as a kind of Disneyland, a showplace for quaint fauna, flora and artifacts. They dress for travel in cheap, comfortable, childish clothes, as if they were going to the zoo and would not be seen by anyone except the animals.”

Ifs Thinking World Kind Animal Travel Comfortable Clothes Dresses Zoos Disneyland Artifacts Quaint Flora

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“Other wars end eventually in victory, defeat or exhaustion, but the war between men and women goes on forever.”

Men War Ends Forever Goes On Victory Men And Women Defeat Exhaustion Victory Defeat

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“With a pencil and paper, I could revise the world.”

World Paper Pencils

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“But I think that sometimes, when one's behaved like a rather second-rate person, the way I did at breakfast, then in a kind of self-destructive shock one goes and does something really second-rate. Almost as if to prove it.”

Ifs Thinking Way Kind Persons Doe Self Sometimes Prove Rate Shock Destructive Breakfast Prove It Self Destructive Second Rate

Book:Real People: A Novel

Source: Real People: A Novel

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