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“Anger rolled off Rey like the crashing waves that had battered the Santa Cruz coastline to the point that many houses were in danger of toppling into the ocean. Rey’s fury was in danger of toppling him over the edge.”

Book:Sundowners

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Sundowners

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“Can we get this makeup thing over before we’re late for school?” “Oh, right.” She jumped up from the bed and opened up her backpack. I hated wearing makeup, which was why I never wore any. So needless to say, I wasn't looking forward to this. She held out a tube of something for me to see. “This will help conceal the dark circles under your eyes. And this,” she said, showing me another tube, “will help to conceal the blotchy spots on your cheeks.” I grunted. “Do you have anything that will help conceal the hump on my back?”

Makeup Hump

Book:The Importance of Getting Revenge

Source: The Importance of Getting Revenge

“She was her death now, that death which she had so much striven to emulate in life, which she had studied and practised and loved. She had succeeded, and death and she had converged into a single point. Who knew if that was victory or defeat? His last vision was of the white veil that hid her now. After all, and at last, she had become utterly private.”

Life Death Suicide Iris Murdoch Suicidal Private The Unicorn

Book:The Unicorn

Source: The Unicorn

“Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning, and that is what I am experiencing just now.”

Life Art Meaning Meaningless Iris Murdoch Psychoanalysis The Unicorn Shapeless

Book:The Unicorn

Source: The Unicorn

“It was odd, the life one lived in other people's dreams.”

Dreams Iris Murdoch The Unicorn

Book:The Unicorn

Source: The Unicorn

“Everyone here seems to have some weird secret or other.”

Secret Iris Murdoch Intrigue Weird Characters The Unicorn

Book:The Unicorn

Source: The Unicorn

“Where there is society there is no need for charity.”

Women Society Nod Binding Chaos

Author:Heather Marsh

“Nod house turned into shout house. In the shout house memory said shut up. It said silence, misery said amen, the mule's head meant my stubborn lungs. . . I stood imagining I fell back dreaming, stuck tongue stuck in my jaw broke my jaw”

Memory Dreaming Nod Jaw

Book:Nod House

Source: Nod House

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