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“Mr. Rochester grunted. "Miss Eyre, listen to me. I believe there is a string below your rib, and it stretches across class and age to me, and it is attached beneath my rib. And if you find another suitable position, and leave me, you will pull it out. And I will bleed.”

Book:My Plain Jane

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My Plain Jane

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Cynthia Hand

Cynthia Hand is an American author born in 1978. She is known for her young adult literature, particularly the 'Guardians' series, which combines elements of fantasy, romance, and growth. more

“She sat next to me and told me that we were the people that the narrative would have followed out from the party if we were in a movie or a novel or something. We were where the story was, the story you could follow like a string, not all the overlapping party stories in the house, tangled up with too many dramas soaked in cheap alcohol and stuffed into not enough rooms.”

Narrative Story String

Book:The Starless Sea

Source: The Starless Sea

“Earliest preserved string, reconstructed: a heavy cord twisted from three two-ply fiber strings, found fossilized in the painted caves of Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000 B.C.”

String Fossilezed String

Book:Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Source: Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

“Tuning must come first. Each recital begins with a careful tightening of the pegs on the cross-bar, twisting them in their socket of red threads as each string is plucked and tested. He uses his thumb for this, softer and subtler than the plectrum, his head bent to the vibrating string and his lips slightly open, breathing quickly, as over the body of a lover.”

Music Lover Resonance Tuning Orpheus Tune String Stringed Instrument

Book:Orpheus: The Song of Life

Source: Orpheus: The Song of Life