She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone face down on her bed and …

Ian Mcewan
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She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone face down on her bed and savor the vile piquancy of the moment, and go back down the lines of branching consequences to the point before the destruction began. She needed to contemplate with eyes closed the full richness of what she had lost, what she had given away, and to anticipate the new regime. ✨ Ian McEwan (2010). Atonement, p.14, Random House
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