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62bb2e1 I don't think I can marry, I'm not fit for it, I'm not real enough. That's the trouble. I'm a puppet that's realised what's wrong with itself and it's . I'm propped up somewhere all alone, watching the real people go past. I'm propped up crying in a corner. iris-murdoch left-out metaphor misery outsider sad single the-message-to-the-planet unloved Iris Murdoch
b8cabb6 Your infatuation will end in tears. heartbreak infatuation iris-murdoch tears the-message-to-the-planet warning Iris Murdoch
db5ae62 Your coldness has ruined my life. All right, you didn't mean it, all right I was a schoolgirl, but you could have been kinder to someone who said they loved you, you could have been gentle and grateful. declaration-of-love harsh iris-murdoch rejection ruined-lives the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
062fa4e You can't magic yourself out of the situation, you've got to live it as decently and as grimly as you can. grim iris-murdoch magic the-message-to-the-planet trapped Iris Murdoch
a8d219c He was glad that he had expressed to her, however blunderingly, what he felt. He was glad that he had held her hand. holding-hands iris-murdoch no-regrets the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
9f3a0e8 The agony was of suddenly feeling herself so separate and so secret. iris-murdoch isolated secret secretive separate the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
d22274c He felt himself falling into a state, very common when he was younger, of being totally cut off from the society he was in. dissociation iris-murdoch outsider social-anxiety the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
089664c But the spark vanished, there was no longed-for recognition, no dawning sign of recovery. The love she had learnt in tending him was an enclosed love, muted and maimed, already mourning. They would never communicate now. iris-murdoch missed-opportunity sad star-crossed-lovers the-message-to-the-planet unrequited-love unspoken Iris Murdoch
fb14f8a She could not bear the tenderness which a dog would evoke, she did not want the pain of another love. She knew how very much, how desperately, she would love her dog; and dogs are vulnerable and short-lived and die. iris-murdoch love painful pets tenderness the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
2f07ad3 But I can't do anything for him and he can't do anything for me. We must wail in our own corners. comfortless grief iris-murdoch isolated the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
5a2b875 She was not just a wild creature, she was a wounded creature. iris-murdoch the-message-to-the-planet wild wounded Iris Murdoch
b5e3676 Sometimes I feel I am crammed with demons. demons internal-struggle iris-murdoch possessed the-message-to-the-planet tormented Iris Murdoch
f0518c2 The unspoken words trembled in the air. the-message-to-the-planet trembled unspoken Iris Murdoch
31f0f02 He did not touch her but enjoyed the particular intimate pain of the tension between them. intimate iris-murdoch pain tension the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
5d08208 Oh what an ill fate it was that has made me love that man. iris-murdoch love misfortune the-message-to-the-planet toxic-relationships Iris Murdoch
9707da8 I adore your jealousy, especially when it's so misplaced. I expect Shakespeare wrote a sonnet about that. humor iris-murdoch jealousy misplaced the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
e0d7d64 He wanted to be a universal man . . . and I suppose that isn't possible now. He belongs in fifteenth-century Italy. This age doesn't suit him. old-soul out-of-place out-of-time the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
e7c0f3e You talk of freedom -- I've never had it! I've been lonely and miserable and in despair, and you want me to consent to all that all over again! freedom iris-murdoch lonely misery the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
cf79420 "Is your father writing a book?" said Alison. "No. He's existing. Some people live, like the rest of us, like the people in your plays. He just exists." iris-murdoch living the-message-to-the-planet Iris Murdoch
a68af5b Anywhere is dangerous if you carry danger with you. dangerous inner-turmoil iris-murdoch the-message-to-the-planet troubled Iris Murdoch
d7adc61 Now, when she felt so deeply connected to him, they were finally estranged. connection estranged iris-murdoch star-crossed-lovers the-message-to-the-planet unrequited-love Iris Murdoch
33c175b I'm not young. I've never had any youth. burdens iris-murdoch old-soul sad the-message-to-the-planet youth Iris Murdoch
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