Atonement Quotes Flashcards

(35 cards)

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“…the imagination itself

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“was a source of secrets”

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2
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“refugees from a…

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“bitter domestic civil war”

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3
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“an impression of…

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“timeless, unchanging calm”

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4
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“she could write the scene…

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“three times over, from three points of view”

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5
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“Marshall took control..

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“of the conversation with a ten minute dialogue.”

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6
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“a mottled..

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“diseased appearance… rotting away”

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7
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“Order must..

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“be imposed”

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8
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“There was a two-inch scratch….

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“from the corner of Marshall’s eye”

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9
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“You’re bruised…

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“up to your elbows”

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10
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“he was a…

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“hobby of Jacks”

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11
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“Within the half hour…

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“Briony would commit her crime”

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12
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“It was her story…

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“the one that was writing itself around her.”

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13
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“If her poor cousin was not able…

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“to command the truth, then she would do it for her.”

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14
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“It was further confirmation of…

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“his guilt, and the beginning of his punishment.”

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15
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“I can never forgive..

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“what they did.”

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16
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“her..

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“wretched fantasies”

17
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“First, his own life..

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“ruined, then everyone else’s”

18
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“No one would ever..

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“know what it was like to be here”

19
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“repeated…

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“episodes of terror”

20
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“Everyone was guilty, and no one was….

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“All day we’ve witnessed each other’s crimes”

21
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“I promise…

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“you won’t hear another word from me”

22
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“The model behind….

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“this process was military”

23
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“the age of…

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“clear answers was over”

24
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“the war might…

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“compound her crime”

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"Half his face had been...
"shot away... Private Latimer had become a monster"
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"Lola- barely more than a child..
"prised open and taken- to marry her rapist"
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"She knew what was...
"required of her... a new draft, an atonement"
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"BT..
"London, 1999"
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"I have...
"vascular dementia"
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"I count myself...
"an unreliable witness"
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"There was our...
"crime- Lola's, Marshall's, mine"
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"No atonement...
"for God, or novelists"
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"Robbie Turner..
"died of septicaemia"
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"Cecilia was...
"killed in September of the same year"
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"But now...
"I must sleep" Final line of the book