Dodie Smith - The town in bloom (1965)

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Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age — and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence — still did not quite feel grown up?

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I wanted to know more about the young... strange that though they laughed so loud, they so seldom smiled. Perhaps laughter was involuntary whereas smiling was part of an attitude to life.

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I found myself thinking it was a bit like my disappointment when I was confirmed. This may be blasphemous but I think not. For expecting to achieve union with God is similar to expecting to achieve it with man. Only I minded much more as regards man.

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