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5837490320Last year she had disgraced the family, it was trueDisgrace0
5837490321You don't know whether you're telling the truth or notTruth1
5837490322Isobel was an outlet that gave her some relief, and she was torturing her by withholding itTorture2
5837490323If only she could know whether it happened or not...Reality3
5837490324Someone safe behind a wall of her own building.Safe behind wall4
5837490325You built a wall around yourself and too late found yourself walled inWalled in5
5837490326You couldn't make yourself safe, no matter how hard you tried.You couldn't make yourself Safe6
5837490327It was her body who fought and not she.Isobel + Trevor7
5837490328Idiot wants a mother. Idiot can't have one. Life is very difficult.Isobel wants a mother8
5837490329Isobel had an idiot in the attic. The idiot played it's games with the real world and- what was worse- it played them behind Isobel's back.Idiot in the attic9
5837490330You could change your name, have your face altered, change your country and your language, but in the end you would resurrect yourself.Identity10
5837490331It's a stain coloured stain and shut up.Stain11
5837490332A door held straining against memoriesMemories12
5837490333We have to be very careful about money this year. It is vulgar to celebrate birthdays away from home.Excuses13
5837490334It's my birthday! Today is my birthday.Birthday proclamation14
5837490335Joy flaring like a great red flower amongst the pallid chrysanthemumsJoy15
5837490336Nasty little buzzing insectsWord factory16
5837490337Squalor within demands squalor withoutSqualor17
5837490338Miss Harman was far away, perhaps dead, and Isobel could embroider flowers in any colour she likedMiss Harman18
5837490339She's going to have you put in jail. We can't save you; you should have asked Mummy, you should have asked Daddy. Run Isobel! Run and hide!Jail19
5837490340Bastards, bastards, bastards. Cruel, deceitful bastards.Bastards20
5837490341Heaving along ten years of roadwayRoadway21
5837490342I am a writer. I am a writer.Writer22
5837490343Oh yes. I met someone.Meeting someone23
5837490344You'll get nothing out of this world unless you fight for itFight in world24
5837490345Anxious only to know what was required of herAnxious25
5837490346Fireball became another word for liefireball26
5837490347No sooner had you built yourself your little raft and felt secure than it came to pieces under you and you were swimming again.Raft coming to pieces27
5837490348Artesian tears, rising from the centre of the earthtears28
5837490349She had discovered a small authentic piece of her lost self.rediscovering embroidery29
5837490350The poor little bugger in the baking dish; nobody came in time.Nobody came in time30
5837490351There's a writer in there Isobel, a naked infant greased and trussed in the baking dish with an apple jammed in its mouth.There's a writer in there Isobel31
5837490352Sometimes she thought she carried an invisible knife, wounding people without being aware of itKnife32
5837490353You will get nothing out of this life unless you fight for it.Fight for life33
5837490354Could she have offended him?Offending Trevor34
5837490355Drawn along in a dream by the diamond ring on her finger.Rita's engagement35
5837490356Guilty party in a scandalous divorce; lost the lot, house and childrenDivorce36
5837490357Maeve Callaghan- poised, serene, quietly self-confidentMaeve Callaghan37
5837490358I want to be one of the crowdWhat do you want out of life Isobel?38
5837490359Isobel tried on each life to see how it would suit herTrying on lifes39
5837490360Maybe that's what the word factory was all about, the poor little bugger trying to get out of the baking dish.Word factory & baking dish40

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