Suddenly the thought that the end of her life was imminent … - Colleen McCullough

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Suddenly the thought that the end of her life was imminent shocked him; it was one thing to pity someone he didn't know, quite another to face the same dilemma with someone he knew intimately. That was the trouble with beds. They turned strangers into intimates more quickly than ten years of polite teas in parlours.

Colleen McCullough

The Ladies of Missalonghi · 1987 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Colleen McCullough AO (1 June 1937 – 29 January 2015) is an internationally acclaimed Australian author. She was born in Wellington in central west New South Wales.

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Birth Name: Colleen Margaretta McCullough

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Но да разбереш грешката си, не значи още, че можеш да я поправиш.

stayed as close to Theatre as she could, working Casualty or Men’s;

"You still think love can save us. It's more killing than hate. Hate is so clean, so simple. Like being in the ring. With hate, you just keep hitting back. You hit until they stop hitting back. With love... they never stop." ~ (Frank)

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