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Ideas came swarming through her, and like many people who labour in the obsession of solitude, she lacked the detachment to challenge them.

— Helen Garner Cosmo Cosmolino (1992)

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'In my profession I have learned that women can bear more pain than men.'

'Didn't this used to be our dining-room table back at Sutherland Street, Frank?' said Kathleen.

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Our minds are not hopeful, thought Janet; but our nerves are made of optimistic stuff.

Cosmo Cosmolino (1992)

'What's funny?' said Pin, shifting uncomfortably in the hospital bed.

Honour & Other People's Children (1980)

Out in deep space the planets sweep, inexorable, along their splendid orbits. Maxine bowed her head. From now on she would take the gods' dictation.

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