quotes

• chapter 3 - serena joy - "she had a..."

  "she had a cigarette"
• chapter 3 - serena joy - "so it was..."

  "so it was worse than i thought"
• chapter 4 - ofglen - "her name is..."

  "her name is ofglen, and that's about all i know about her"
• chapter 5 - "in the..."

  "in the time before"
• chapter 5 - "she too cannot...."

  "she too cannot take her eyes off these women"
• chapter 5 - "the women here...."

  "the women here have different customs"
• chapter 6 - "we already know..."

  "we already know which way we will take, because we always take it"
• chapter 6 - "these bodies hanging on the wall..."

  "these bodies hanging on the wall are time travellers...they've come here from the past"
• chapter 8 - "all flesh is..."

  "all flesh is weak. all flesh is grass, i corrected her in my head"
• chapter 8 - serena joy - "we thought she..."

  "we thought she was funny. or luke thought she was funny. i only pretended to think so. really she was a little frightening"
• chapter 11 - "i pull the second sheet..."

  "i pull the second sheet, the cloth one, up over my body"
• chapter 11 - "he deals with..."

  "he deals with a torso only"
• chapter 12 - "he said men needed..."

  "he said men needed more meat than women did"
• chapter 12 - "i thought it was an isolated..."

  "i thought it was an isolated incident, at the time"
• chapter 13 - "not knowing..."

  "not knowing makes it worse"
• chapter 14 - "even at her age..."

  "even at her age she still feels the urge to wreath herself in flowers"
• chapter 14 - "they're the genital..."

  "they're the genital organs of plants"
• chapter 15 - "his disguises..."

  "his disguises of benevolence"
• chapter 16 - "propelled forward by..."

  "propelled forward by a swollen belly"
• chapter 16 - "i remember queen victoria's..."

  i remember queen victoria's advice to her daughter. close your eyes and think of england"
• chapter 17 - "i want to be held and..."

  "i want to be held and told my name"
• chapter 17 - "along with serena's"

  "along with serena's stale fumes"
• chapter 17 - "he makes me...."

  "he makes me hungry"
• chapter 19 - "i dress, not...."

  "i dress, not looking down"
• chapter 19 - "if i have an egg,.."

  "if i have an egg, what more can i want?"
• chapter 19 - "on this day we can ....."

  "on this day we can do anything we want. i revise that: within limits"
• chapter 19 - "they said there was no sense in breeding[...]...."

  "they said there was no sense in breeding...they were sluts"
• chapter 19 - "this carving...has..."

  "this carving...has the pathos of all vanished civilizations"
• chapter 19 - "read;...."

  "read; some masculine pursuit"
• chapter 19 - "after she's gone:...."

  "after she's gone: little whores, all of them"
• chapter 20 - "janine, inflated but..."


  "janine, inflated but reduced, shorn of her former name"
• chapter 20 - "it was from the bible, or..."


  "it was from the bible, or so they said"
• chapter 20 - "they won't want...."

  "they won't want things they can never have"
• chapter 20 - "i liked watching these people when..."

  "i liked watching these people when they were happy, not when they were miserable, starving"
• chapter 20 - "consider the...."

  "consider the alternatives"
• chapter 20 - "they don't want us to hear...."

  "they dont want us to hear what the unwomen are saying"
• chapter 20 - "at the hospital they wrote..."

  "at the hospital they wrote down "aged primipara" on the chart"
• chapter 20 - "that was the way she talked, even..."


  "that was the way she talked, even in front of luke. he didn't mind"
• chapter 20 - "he'd tell her..."

  "he'd tell her women were incapable of abstract thought"
• chapter 20 - "isn't she..."

  "isn't she quaint"