Joan G. Robinson Quotes

#1. They sat so still that each of them might have been alone.

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#2. She wanted to know about them, not to know them.

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#3. Didn't you know, you're my secret?

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#4. There was a strange exciting smell in the air - the smell of wine, cigar smoke, and perfume, mingled with the scent of the roses. The bright colors merged into one another, and the music rose and fell.

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#5. She felt free now. Free and empty. No need to talk to anyone, or be polite, or bother about anything.

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#6. When you grow as old as I am you can't any longer say this was someone's fault, and that was someone else's. It isn't so clear when you take a long view. Blame seems to lie everywhere. Or nowhere. Who can say where unhappiness begins?

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#7. Marnie moved nearer and touched her hair. "Dear Anna, I love you more than any girl I've ever known.

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#8. Anna turned away abruptly. "You needn't bother," she said. But the girl held her back. "No, don't go! Don't be such a goose. I want to know you! Don't you want to know me?

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#9. she was a little frightened that first afternoon. There seemed such a huge expanse of water and sky, and so little of herself.

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#10. Yes! Oh, yes! Of course I forgive you! And I love you, Marnie. I shall never forget you, ever!

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#11. You remember I said last night that you were my secret?" Anna nodded. "I knew just what you meant. You're mine.

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#12. if she was over-sure of meeting her, that would be the time she would not come.

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#13. You can write books, but there's only ever one book that's really you.

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#14. had decided while she was in bed that she would never speak to her again. But she wanted Marnie to see her. She wanted her to look out of her window and see her down there on the staithe, and remember the mean, cruel thing she had done. If

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#15. hurt inside her hardened. She

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