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I think about this exchange every day. Obsessed with Susanna Clarke's writing 🤍
"Yes, indeed! It is beautiful," agreed the gentleman enthusiastically. "And very hard to make. The pigment must be mixed with the tears of spinsters of good family, who must live long lives of impeccable virtue and die without ever having had a day of true happiness!" "Poor ladies!" said Stephen. "I am glad it is so rare." "Oh! It is not the tears that make it rare - I have bottles full of those - it is the skill to mix the colour."
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I think about this exchange every day. Obsessed with Susanna Clarke's writing 🤍
"Yes, indeed! It is beautiful," agreed the gentleman enthusiastically. "And very hard to make. The pigment must be mixed with the tears of spinsters of good family, who must live long lives of impeccable virtue and die without ever having had a day of true happiness!" "Poor ladies!" said Stephen. "I am glad it is so rare." "Oh! It is not the tears that make it rare - I have bottles full of those - it is the skill to mix the colour."
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