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not alone, exactly, for you’re never alone in a room filled with a thousand books.
In books, a bad thing might happen on page 207, that was true. But it would always happen on page 207, no matter what. And when you reread, you could see it coming, watch out for the signs, prepare yourself.
She felt again the crushing sense of imposter syndrome
She has always felt safest surrounded by books.
part of her, at heart, is still the nice polite girl from Dodsworth who wants people to like her, and who doesn’t want to disappoint anyone, or cross anyone, or let anyone down.
her anger isn’t really at the woman sitting opposite, it’s at herself.
the sensation that events have taken over, and that her life is spiraling out of control.
It’s like someone has come in and taken over and everything is out of my hands and moving in a direction I don’t want and can’t control.
