Lilian’s Reviews > Imitation of Life > Status Update

“A man in the office of a fancy grocery concern, where she had been soliciting a maple syrup order, had picked up the receiver of a ringing telephone and said, “Hello sweetheart,” in a manner that gave her the strangest nostalgia for something she had never known.”

“Marriage free you from the nervous concerns of girlhood, eased your sense of being an outsider to life, even where your very dear parents were concerned, once they closed the door of their room behind them. Marriage established you. Gave you a sense of security and being cared for in a special private way that meant everything.”