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2/2 She had drawn black eyeliner along her hooded eyes in the moment of haste, and she flicked open the visor mirror above her head to fix it. One line was thick and straight, and the other thin and flicked upwards. She began to smudge one with the finger pad of her index finger, then the other eyelid, until they matched and made her look depressed and sleepy

… alternated between shoes, until she eventually stood in a pair that were neither practical nor pretty and were already causing her pain … Skin was hot and sweaty in the fussy fabric of a layered dress, and pink splashes erupted across her neck … Her scarf snatched in her earrings 1/2

Как пластырь на рану. Для меня маловат :) Немного наивно, немного идеалистично, но честно. И взбалтывает мысли, идеи, уверенность в простых истинах. Даже Палестину напомнило вдруг.

Tess liked reruns. She liked playing the same song over and over. Or rereading a book.

Pa‘lante

This man is so lost, he is ashamed of his own identity. Changing his name to hide! .. A man that insecure wants marriage to mark you as his territory the way a dog pisses on a hydrant. A man that insecure will never allow you enough space to find your own way, to express your own voice.

The greatest fool is the man of color who defines his success by the white man’s standard.

Что-то совсем не мое. Но доверимся НР

Интересно про Пуэрто-Рико, но никто (кроме матери - не отца :) не вызывает особой симпатии. Бойфренд ещё - но в то же время кажется слишком идеальным, как из моих детский романов 😅 Ну посмотрим..

Пока нравится отец, но не Ольга

She was beginning to realise that by avoiding drama she was headed for an almighty crash. And how she had switched off entirely from looking for any beauty in the world.

Jamie nodded but was alert like a suburban fox and focused on Faulks. It was a strange thing for a teacher to say, to talk about her own worry, and he was unsure if there was an appropriate response.

The organ - an instrument tasked with getting souls into heaven by forcing air through the dipole - started up like a whale echolocation, and startled Tess, who sat up straight in the varnished pew. Churches made her feel inadequate, but this one made her also feel unwelcome.

filling with intrusive thoughts about catastrophic moments - as was his habit

Winter was Jamie’s favourite season, November his favourite month, for November was predictable: nothing happened but a heavy darkness covering the town like a weighted blanket, and the sideways rain was ferocious. Winter was bare and unburdened

Tall trees were Jamie’s current favourite: the Scots pine matured fast, lived for centuries and housed red squirrels. Jamie love the colour red. He also loved patterns, books with dust jackets, cats, rain that came with wind, curvature of objects, Edgar Allan Poe and rivers.

Hard

The main street of the village curved away from him as if following the ancient way of cows

The orchestra played the kind of music where you know what’s coming next, where you can listen ahead. In 1929 everyone heard d f# e a and listening ahead thought a e f# d. But when I hear d f# e a, the response ringing in my mind was g c e b-flat d.

[Priest came with soggy offerings of comfort.] God is the most uninteresting answer to the most interceding questions.

I KNEW!! :)

„Well done. Nothing more exhausting than a timid guest“ (for accepting an offer of champagne)

Сергей Прокофьев

Игорь Стравинский

caught between the country he has left and resented and the land that had taken him in without fully accepting him

[the secretary’s memoir is so far the most enjoyable]

[Fun approach to the autobiography chapter: normal text + remarks on what to include further or how to elaborate/improve. So basically a draft but also shows where his mind go and what is easy to write and where he needs time]

Was a bit confused about the structure. Read some reviews, intrigued now

Hired a librarian [when personal library became unmanageable]

Intimacy can be an unbearable burden for those who, first experiencing it after a lifetime of proud self-sufficiency, suddenly realise it makes their world complete. Finding bloss becomes one with the fear of losing it. They doubt their right to hold someone else accountable for their happiness. They worry that their loved one will find the reverence tedious

2/2 Depending on whether his loneliness was voluntary he would either ignore her or be grateful for the good companion she would try to become. One way or the other she had no doubt she would succeed in influencing her husband and obtaining an independence she so longed for.