I for Isobel - Quotes 1 Flashcards

5837490320	Last year she had disgraced the family, it was true	Disgrace	0
5837490321	You don't know whether you're telling the truth or not	Truth	1
5837490322	Isobel was an outlet that gave her some relief, and she was torturing her by withholding it	Torture	2
5837490323	If only she could know whether it happened or not...	Reality	3
5837490324	Someone safe behind a wall of her own building.	Safe behind wall	4
5837490325	You built a wall around yourself and too late found yourself walled in	Walled in	5
5837490326	You couldn't make yourself safe, no matter how hard you tried.	You couldn't make yourself Safe	6
5837490327	It was her body who fought and not she.	Isobel + Trevor	7
5837490328	Idiot wants a mother. Idiot can't have one. Life is very difficult.	Isobel wants a mother	8
5837490329	Isobel 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 attic	9
5837490330	You could change your name, have your face altered, change your country and your language, but in the end you would resurrect yourself.	Identity	10
5837490331	It's a stain coloured stain and shut up.	Stain	11
5837490332	A door held straining against memories	Memories	12
5837490333	We have to be very careful about money this year. It is vulgar to celebrate birthdays away from home.	Excuses	13
5837490334	It's my birthday! Today is my birthday.	Birthday proclamation	14
5837490335	Joy flaring like a great red flower amongst the pallid chrysanthemums	Joy	15
5837490336	Nasty little buzzing insects	Word factory	16
5837490337	Squalor within demands squalor without	Squalor	17
5837490338	Miss Harman was far away, perhaps dead, and Isobel could embroider flowers in any colour she liked	Miss Harman	18
5837490339	She'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!	Jail	19
5837490340	Bastards, bastards, bastards. Cruel, deceitful bastards.	Bastards	20
5837490341	Heaving along ten years of roadway	Roadway	21
5837490342	I am a writer. I am a writer.	Writer	22
5837490343	Oh yes. I met someone.	Meeting someone	23
5837490344	You'll get nothing out of this world unless you fight for it	Fight in world	24
5837490345	Anxious only to know what was required of her	Anxious	25
5837490346	Fireball became another word for lie	fireball	26
5837490347	No 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 pieces	27
5837490348	Artesian tears, rising from the centre of the earth	tears	28
5837490349	She had discovered a small authentic piece of her lost self.	rediscovering embroidery	29
5837490350	The poor little bugger in the baking dish; nobody came in time.	Nobody came in time	30
5837490351	There'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 Isobel	31
5837490352	Sometimes she thought she carried an invisible knife, wounding people without being aware of it	Knife	32
5837490353	You will get nothing out of this life unless you fight for it.	Fight for life	33
5837490354	Could she have offended him?	Offending Trevor	34
5837490355	Drawn along in a dream by the diamond ring on her finger.	Rita's engagement	35
5837490356	Guilty party in a scandalous divorce; lost the lot, house and children	Divorce	36
5837490357	Maeve Callaghan- poised, serene, quietly self-confident	Maeve Callaghan	37
5837490358	I want to be one of the crowd	What do you want out of life Isobel?	38
5837490359	Isobel tried on each life to see how it would suit her	Trying on lifes	39
5837490360	Maybe that's what the word factory was all about, the poor little bugger trying to get out of the baking dish.	Word factory & baking dish	40