Peter Carey Quote

She understood, as women often do more easily than men, that the declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning lies underneath its scarves and buttons.

Oscar and Lucinda (1989)

She understood, as women often do more easily than men, that the declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning...

She understood, as women often do more easily than men, that the declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning...

She understood, as women often do more easily than men, that the declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning...

She understood, as women often do more easily than men, that the declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning...