Moon Tiger | Quotes

Moon Tiger Quotes

"'I'm writing a history of the world,' she says. And the hands of the nurse are arrested or a moment; she looks down at this old woman, this old ill woman. 'Well, my goodness,' the nurse says. 'That's quite a thing to be doing, isn't it?' And then she becomes busy again, she heaves and tucks and smoothes - 'Upsy a bit, dear, that's a good girl - then we'll get you a cup of tea."' Chapter 1, pg. 1

"The works, this time. The whole triumphant murderous unstoppable chute - from the mud to the stars, universal and particular, your story and mine. I'm equipped, I consider; eclecticism has always been my hallmark. That's what they've said, though it has been given other names. Claudia Hampton's range is ambitious, some might say imprudent: my enemies. Miss Hampton's bold conceptual sweep: my friends." Chapter 1, pg. 1

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