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“She was alone like a cat, like an owl, as if she walked unobserved, out of her human life.”

Life Animals Simile The Heavens Sandra Newman Unobserved

Book:The Heavens

Source: The Heavens

“They had become an occasional mutter, like the interior sounds a woman makes when she believes she is alone and unobserved at her work: a sth when she misses the needle's eye; a soft moan when she sees another chip in her one good platter; the low friendly argument with which she greets the hens.”

Women Work Sounds Unobserved

Book:Beloved

Source: Beloved

“The joy of being observed ran so deep that Breuer believed the real pain of old age, bereavement, outliving one's friends, was the absence of scrutiny - the horror of living an unobserved life.”

Life Joy Old Age Bereavement Unobserved

Book:When Nietzsche Wept

Source: When Nietzsche Wept

“He had never encountered a patient who did not secretly enjoy a microscopic examination of his life. And the greater the power of magnification, the more the patient enjoyed it. The joy of being observed ran so deep that Breuer believed the real pain of old age, bereavement, outliving one’s friends, was the absence of scrutiny—the horror of living an unobserved life.”

Life Age Pain Joy Scrutiny Unobserved

Book:When Nietzsche Wept

Source: When Nietzsche Wept