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Quotation of the Day for November 9, 2003
"He thought about Oxford. The room had been different but the feeling was the same, that sensation of having the entire world opening up before him, revealing its mysteries even as it held out the promise of satisfactions to come. The blessing of relative anonymity had filled him with the sense of having been newly born. Empty shelves, blank walls, drawers that held nothing. Here, he had thought, here he would make his mark. No one need know of his title and background, no one would know of his risible angst. Here, he thought, he would be safe from the past."
- Elizabeth George, in "For the Sake of Elena"
Submitted by: Jeannette Cezanne
Oct. 22, 2003