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If this was cynical, then we must allow that all courtship is cynical.

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

But about the drip drip of long-haul, no-end-in-sight solitude, they know nothing. They don't know what it is to construct an entire weekend around a visit to the laundrette. Or to sit in a darkened flat on Halloween night, because you can't bear to ...

What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal

Things that are truly innocent don’t need to be labelled as such.

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question have lived relatively comfortable, middle class lives. They function perfectly well in the world, but you can ...

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

All my life I have been the sort of person in whom people confide. And all my life I have been flattered by this role - grateful for the frisson of importance that comes with receiving important information. In recent years, however, I have noticed t...

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

If everybody was so reverent of the institute of marriage, how did all the adultery get committed?

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

It's similar to the way you feel cuddling an infant or a kitten, when you want to squeeze it so hard you'd kill it...

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

We are bound by the secrets we share.

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