Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox — Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris
Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox — Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris
Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox — Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris
Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox — Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris
Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox — Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris
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Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude.

— Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris
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