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> [“George noticed her feet again. They were nuggety and rectangular, like a young child’s feet—even the sparkly turquoise nail polish belonged to a child. He wondered if Pippa bothered with right and left shoes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/george-noticed-her-feet-again-they-were-nuggety-and-rectangular-like/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

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## More by Michelle de Kretser

> [“All the while, she understood that nothing could save her from the emptiness of the years that still had to be lived. Days passed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/all-the-while-she-understood-that-nothing-could-save-her-from-the/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“It was one of those golden July afternoons stolen from spring, and they sat outside in T-shirts drinking beer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/it-was-one-of-those-golden-july-afternoons-stolen-from-spring-and/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“George noticed her feet again. They were nuggety and rectangular, like a young child’s feet—even the sparkly turquoise nail polish belonged to a child.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/george-noticed-her-feet-again-they-were-nuggety-and-rectangular-like/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“The past was not always past enough here. It was like living in a house acquired for its clean angles and gleaming appliances, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/the-past-was-not-always-past-enough-here-it-was-like-living-in-a/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“She had almost reached the cafe before Céleste identified Pippa, imposterish without beret and lampshade dress, her iPod shining through her pocket. At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/she-had-almost-reached-the-cafe-before-c-leste-identified-pippa/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“We believe the explanation we hear last. It's one of the ways in which narrative influences our perception of truth. We crave finality, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/we-believe-the-explanation-we-hear-last-it-s-one-of-the-ways-in-which/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“people suffer much more from the promises they don’t make than the ones they can’t keep”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/people-suffer-much-more-from-the-promises-they-don-t-make-than-the/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“He had been a shy, affectionate child to whom Céleste fed Milo straight from the tin. Sometimes she tortured him, singing, ‘Dominiquenique-nique…’ while slitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/he-had-been-a-shy-affectionate-child-to-whom-c-leste-fed-milo/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“Predictably, the national broadcaster—a viper’s nest of socialists, tree-huggers and ugly, barren females—had seized on the survey, exhuming one of its bleeding-heart ideologues to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/predictably-the-national-broadcaster-a-viper-s-nest-of-socialists/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“George moved from one group of people he didn’t know to another, trying to get out of the draught. The girls didn’t seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/george-moved-from-one-group-of-people-he-didn-t-know-to-another/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

> [“In Rome, Matt had told her, ‘I knew that if I kept up my playing, we would have a baby.’ That was what music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-de-kretser/in-rome-matt-had-told-her-i-knew-that-if-i-kept-up-my-playing-we/)

[Michelle de Kretser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-de-kretser/)

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