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I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.Barbara Pym
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We, my dear Mildred, are the observers of life. Let other people get married by all means, the more the merrier.. .. Let Dora marry if she likes. She hasn't your talent for observation.Barbara Pym
3
You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.Barbara Pym
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I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.Barbara Pym
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The conversation did not go very well and I began telling him about the people with their trays in the great cafeteria and suggesting that it would have done us more good to go there to be put in mind of our own mortality.Barbara Pym