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What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

Eva Ibbotson
Thinking, World, Able
Eva Ibbotson (2008). “A Song for Summer”, p.20, Pan Macmillan

The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son. Then: "Oh, Rupert, darling," she exclaimed in tones of theatrical despair, "don't you see? The game's up!

Eva Ibbotson
Son, Games, Rose
Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Secret Countess”, p.170, Pan Macmillan

The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so close to Rom. 'I thought we had convinced him that I was leading a blameless life?' 'We had, till you burst out of that damnable cake.

Eva Ibbotson
Should Have, Cake, News

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