““What was in them was promise. They dealt in transformations; they suggested an endless series of possibilities, extending like the reflections in tow mirrors set facing one another, stretching on replica after replica, to the vanishing point. They suggested one adventure after another, one wardrobe after another, on improvement after another, one man after another. They suggested rejuvenation, pain overcome and transcended, endless love. The real promise in them was immortality.””
