The Elected Member Quotes

“He wondered whether in fact, he had always been an outsider in the family, and whether he had so placed himself, or whether his parents and sisters had so elected him.”
― Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member

“It was all that he had to live for, and he loved it now with a love that was killing him.”
― Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member

“In a house where there are few callers, there is often a long interval between the bell and its acknowledgment. There must be time for reflection on who it might be, for no-one is ever expected, then a time for anxiety that the mundane but safe pattern of life had changed, a time to feel fear and uncertainty, and then, in practical terms, time for the hesitant steps to the door.”
― Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member

“Something had to happen between them. Two people cannot play a conspiracy for so long, and play it each on his own. There came a moment, when, in the dross of lies, the truth, known to them both, had to be asserted, and for their own sanity, shared.”
― Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member