Lie Down in DarknessKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1979 - 416 pages William Styron traces the betrayals and infidelities--the heritage of spite and endlessly disappointed love--that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminate in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis. |
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Page 95
... Listen , Helen-- " " Just a minute , Milton . I'm not finished . Let me tell you , too . Let me tell you . I know this . I know what sin is . I know what sin is , " she repeated , and the word sin was like the cold edge of a blade sunk ...
... Listen , Helen-- " " Just a minute , Milton . I'm not finished . Let me tell you , too . Let me tell you . I know this . I know what sin is . I know what sin is , " she repeated , and the word sin was like the cold edge of a blade sunk ...
Page 137
... listen - now I think you know why I wanted to see you . Listen- " she arched her eyebrows and , without raising her hand from the table , waved an admonitory finger- " I think really I've had just about enough , don't you ? You see , I ...
... listen - now I think you know why I wanted to see you . Listen- " she arched her eyebrows and , without raising her hand from the table , waved an admonitory finger- " I think really I've had just about enough , don't you ? You see , I ...
Page 154
... listen the aerial melody of departed gaiety , as fragile as the smoke from burning dance cards , candles , midnight fires , might still be heard , very sad and distant , if you closed your eyes and let the years fall away . They had ...
... listen the aerial melody of departed gaiety , as fragile as the smoke from burning dance cards , candles , midnight fires , might still be heard , very sad and distant , if you closed your eyes and let the years fall away . They had ...
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