quotes - 2 SHOPPING Flashcards
CHAP 2
“they’ve removed anything…”
“They’ve removed anything you could tie a rope to.”
“a return to…
A return to traditional values
“I try not to think too much…”
“I try not to think too much. Like other things now, thought must be rationed.”
“I intend to…”
“I intend to last”
“It’s those other escapes…”
“It’s those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge.”
“Time here is measured…”
“Time here is measured by bells, as once in nunneries”
“Everything except the wings…
“Everything except the wings around my face is red: the colour of blood, which defines us.”
“I never looked good…”
“I never looked good in red, its not my colour.”
“A sitting room in which I never sit…
“A sitting room in which I never sit, but stand or kneel only.”
“Nobody much cares who sees the face of…
“Nobody much cares who sees the face of a Martha.”
“The frown isnt personal: it’s the red dress she disapproves of, and what it…
“Its the red dress she disapproves of, and what it stands for. She thinks I may be catching, like a disease or any form of bad luck.”
“I take the tokens from Rita’s outstretched hand. They have pictures on them,…”
“I take the tokens from Rita’s outstretched hand. They have pictures on them, of the things they can be exchanged for: twelve eggs, a piece of cheese, a brown thing thats supposed to be a steak.”
CHAPTER THREE
“the daffodils are now fading, and the tulips…”
“the daffodils are now fading, and the tulips are opening their cups.”
“the tulips are a red…”
“the tulips are a red, darker crimson towards the stem.”
“Many of the Wives have such gardens, its something for them….”
“Many of the Wives have such gardens, its something for them to order and maintain and care for.”
“From a distance it looks…”
“From a distance it looks like peace.”
“They aren’t scarves for grown men…”
“They aren’t scarves for grown men but for children.”
“I am a reproach to her;…”
“I am a reproach to her; and a necessity.”
“the fingernail at the end of the knuckly finger filed to a gentle curving point. It was like an…”
“the fingernail at the end of the knuckly finger filed to a gentle curving point. It was like an ironic smile, on that finger; like something mocking her.”
“Try to think of it from their point of view… It isn’t…”
“Try to think of it from their point of view… It isn’t easy for them.”
“the cigarettes must have come…”
“there’s always a black market…”
“the cigarettes must have come from the black market, i thought, and this gave me hope.”
“there’s always a black market, theres always something that can be exchanged.”
“her eyes, which were the flat hostile blue of…
“her eyes, which were the flat hostile blue of a midsummer sky in bright sunlight, a blue that shuts you out.”
“I wanted, then, to turn her into an older…”
“I wanted, then, to turn her into an older sister, a motherly figure, someone who would understand and protect me.”
“Growing Souls…”
“Growing Souls Gospel Hour”
“She was the…”
“She was the lead soprano”
