“I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps.” |
| #coming of age#the silver metal lover#young adult |
“I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.” |
“Pale beauty stands aghast, he said, at the vulgar ugliness of men.” |
“She was what an aristocrat should be, porcelain and silk, unreachable, gracious, untainted by the dust of all this common death.” |
“Louisa beheld the grounds and house with the calm pleasure of one who has seen nothing, been nowhere, expects everything, and has little imagination.” |
