mrs dalloway quotes Flashcards
first a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable
irrevocable
what she loved; life; london; this moment in june
june
the manners and breeding of an english gentleman
gentleman
in marriage a little license, a little independence there must be
license
far out to sea and alone
sea
the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day
dangerous
this being mrs dalloway; not even clarissa anymore; this being mrs richard dalloway
richard
for it was not her one hated but the idea of her (miss kilman)
idea
to have stirring about in her this brutal monster!
monster
the world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames
wavered
the hall (…) was cool as a vault…she felt like a nun
nun
shrivelled, aged, breastless
aged
narrower and narrower would her bed be
narrower
if i had married him, this gaiety would be mine all day
gaiety
the death of the soul
soul
they hunt in packs
packs
he did not feel
feel
he would tell her in so many words, that he loved her
words
love and religion would destroy that
destroy
mrs dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself
flowers
she felt unspeakably aged
unspeakably
this body with all its capacities seemed nothing
capacities
what a lark! what a plunge!
lark
the perfect hostess he had called her
hostess
did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?
consoling