“Maud considered. She said, 'In every age, there must be truths people can't fight - whether or not they want to, whether… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“This is where I have always been coming to. Since my time began. And when I go away from here, this will… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“There was a moment during this time, when his face was on hers, cheek on cheek, brow on brow, heavy skull on… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Randolph Henry Ash: “What is it? My dear?” Christabel LaMotte: “Ah, how can we bear it?” Randolph Henry Ash: “Bear what?” Christabel… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as it had not been before and is not now [1977].” — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“There were times when [he] allowed himself to see clearly that he would end his working life, that was to say, his… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Things had changed between them nevertheless. They were children of a time and culture which mistrusted love, 'in love', romantic love, romance… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“What is it my dear?" Ah, how can we bear it?" Bear what?" This. For so short a time. How can we… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Above his head at street level, he saw an angled aileron of a scarlet Porsche, its jaunty fin more or less at the upper… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Why do you go cold?" He kept his voice gentle. "I - I've analysed it. Because I have the sort of good looks I… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“She was a thinking child, and worked this out. It hurt her, unlike most knowledge, which was strength and pleasure.” — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Those words . . . national and portrait. They were both to do with identity: the identity of a culture (place, language and history),… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“All these are true and none. The place is there Is what we name it, and is not. It is .” — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“He had been taught that language was essentially inadequate, that it could never speak what was there, that it only spoke itself. He thought… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“ We must come to grief and regret anyway - and I for one would rather regret the reality than its phantasm, knowledge than… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Roland had learned to see himself, theoretically, as a crossing-place for a number of systems, all loosely connected. He had been trained to see… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“She thought human thoughts and stone thoughts. The latter were slow, patchily coloured, textured and extreme, both hot and cold. They did not translate… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“She looked, quickly, quickly, it was better than before, thanked him and averted her eyes. She came to trust him with her disintegration.” — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
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