Barbara Pym - Excellent Women (1952)

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My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with an hour in the life of a woman at the sink.

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I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in my hand on every dramatic occasion.

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The burden of keeping three people in toilet paper seemed to me rather a heavy one.

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You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.

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I pulled myself up and told myself to stop these ridiculous thoughts, wondering why it is that we can never stop trying to analyse the motives of people who have no personal interest in us, in the vain hope of finding that perhaps they may have just a little after all.

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I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.

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I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.

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