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 119
... mind of the average person - average , mind you - were exposed to public view I daresay he'd be stoned to death in a minute . Of course , in the light of inward health it's no doubt a finer thing if one could control one's impulses ...
... mind of the average person - average , mind you - were exposed to public view I daresay he'd be stoned to death in a minute . Of course , in the light of inward health it's no doubt a finer thing if one could control one's impulses ...
Page 319
... mind off these girls ? Good God , Harry , on our wedding day ! With all these other things happening , too . When I needed you . Do you think I'm just someone you can walk off and neglect and forget ? You've done it before and you'll do ...
... mind off these girls ? Good God , Harry , on our wedding day ! With all these other things happening , too . When I needed you . Do you think I'm just someone you can walk off and neglect and forget ? You've done it before and you'll do ...
Page 366
... mind you must have . I didn't say proper , I said difficult . " " Oh , " I said . “ I said it must be difficult for you ? " " What's difficult ? " I asked . " To live in this distressing world - alone now as you are — with no real ...
... mind you must have . I didn't say proper , I said difficult . " " Oh , " I said . “ I said it must be difficult for you ? " " What's difficult ? " I asked . " To live in this distressing world - alone now as you are — with no real ...
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