But how to do feelings? All very well to write "She felt sad", or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness itself, how was that put across so it could be felt in all its lowering immediacy? Even harder was the threat, or the confusion of feeling contradictory things.


Atonement: A Novel (ed. Anchor, 2003) - ISBN: 9781400075553

Ian McEwan Quotes

But how to do feelings? All very well to write She felt sad, or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness itself, how was that put...

But how to do feelings? All very well to write She felt sad, or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness itself, how was that put...

But how to do feelings? All very well to write She felt sad, or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness itself, how was that put...

But how to do feelings? All very well to write She felt sad, or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness itself, how was that put...