Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
writing as something destructive
A
“two-day tempest” p.3
2
Q
feelings
A
“But how to do feelings?”
3
Q
anticipation
A
“Within the half-hour Briony would commit her crime”
4
Q
describing
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“There was nothing she could not describe.” P.157, p.165
5
Q
truth
A
“That seemed about right – truth was strange and deceptive, it had to be struggled for, against the flow of the everyday.”
6
Q
Robbie & Cecilia’s story
A
“The story could resume”
7
Q
the two selves
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“She left the café, and as she walked along the Common she felt the distance widen between her and another self, no less real, who was walking back towards the hospital.”
8
Q
historical record
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“I’ve regarded it as my duty to disguise nothing – the names, the places, the exact circumstances – I put it all there as a matter of historical record.”
