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Ottessa Moshfegh
“Did she honestly think she had the power to atone for someone else's sins, that she could exact justice with her wit, her superior thinking? People born of privilege are sometimes thus confused.”
Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

Barbara Pym
“There was something obscurely humiliating about going into town on the bus, Emma felt, beginning with her not knowing what the fare was and having to fumble for the right coins when she entered.”
Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves
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Hanne Ørstavik
“Oh, if only I'd known, I would have looked after her like a little puppy, taken care of her and stayed with her through her days and nights, watching over her, so that she wouldn't have to be alone, caressing and soothing her, feeding her.
You, and your tender loving care, Liv. How pathetic.”
Hanne Ørstavik, The Pastor

Barbara Pym
“The clergy nowadays seldom included the weather in their prayers....”
Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

Barbara Pym
“Presumably older women shouldn't drink, she thought, or women of a certain age. But what might that age be?”
Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

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