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“But life can be interpreted in so many different ways,’ said Ianthe in her quiet voice. ‘Perhaps there the novelist has the advantage and he can let his imagination go where it will.’ She saw herself again in John’s room in Pimlico, washing up at the sink in the corner. ‘Even the most apparently narrow and uneventful life,’ she began thoughtfully, then stopped, uncertain of what she was going to say next. What did it mean for her — that little episode — what was its significance in the pattern?” — Barbara Pym

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But life can be interpreted in so many different ways,’ said Ianthe in her quiet voice. ‘Perhaps there the novelist has the advantage and he can let his imagination go where it will.’ She saw herself again in John’s room in Pimlico, washing up at the sink in the corner. ‘Even the most apparently narrow and uneventful life,’ she began thoughtfully, then stopped, uncertain of what she was going to say next. What did it mean for her — that little episode — what was its significance in the pattern?
— Barbara Pym