‘You must learn to accept... «The Russian Interpreter»
Loreen25 сентября 2024‘You must learn to accept yourself.’
‘It’s the circumstances around me that make me discontented.’
‘The circumstances around you are part of you. People carry their lives about with them like tortoises carry their shells.’
Manning found the grave aphorism a solace. Though he supposed that she might equally well have said: ‘One’s circumstances are insignificant. People shed their lives like snakes slough their skins.’ He supposed he would have found that equally comforting.
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