Ice in the Bedroom (2012)
Ice in the Bedroom
“On learning that the curse had come upon her, she uttered one of those crisp expletives which were too sadly often on her lips and said that that was what you got for letting your guard down for a single moment with these darned organising secretaries. Iron unremitting firmness was what you needed if you were not to be a puppet in their hands.
'They're cunning. That's the trouble. They write to you in December asking you to do your stuff in the following June, and you, knowing that June will ne...ver arrive, say you will, and blister my internal organs if June doesn't come around after all.' 'Suddenly it's Spring.' 'Exactly. And you wake up one fine morning and realize you're for it. You ever been to one of these fêtes that are worse than death, Sally?' 'No, I'm not a member of the Pen and Ink. Mine has been a very sheltered life.' 'Avoid them,' Leila Yorke advised, 'especially the all-women ones. Yes, I know you're going to argue that it's better to be confronted with a gaggle of female writers in ghastly hats and pince-nez than a roomful of male writers with horn-rimmed glasses and sideburns, but I disagree with you.MoreLess
'They're cunning. That's the trouble. They write to you in December asking you to do your stuff in the following June, and you, knowing that June will ne...ver arrive, say you will, and blister my internal organs if June doesn't come around after all.' 'Suddenly it's Spring.' 'Exactly. And you wake up one fine morning and realize you're for it. You ever been to one of these fêtes that are worse than death, Sally?' 'No, I'm not a member of the Pen and Ink. Mine has been a very sheltered life.' 'Avoid them,' Leila Yorke advised, 'especially the all-women ones. Yes, I know you're going to argue that it's better to be confronted with a gaggle of female writers in ghastly hats and pince-nez than a roomful of male writers with horn-rimmed glasses and sideburns, but I disagree with you.MoreLess
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