That may be. But to decide that I was never going to live as a proper woman was not your choice to make.’ ‘What do you mean a proper woman?’ ‘A proper woman marries – she has children -‘ ‘Then what does that make me? Am I not a proper woman? Last time I looked I certainly was.

That may be. But to decide that I was never going to live as a proper woman was not your choice to make.’ ‘What do you mean a proper woman?’ ‘A proper woman marries – she has children -‘ ‘Then what does that make me? Am I not a proper woman? Last time I looked I certainly was.

– Jessie Burton –

The Miniaturist

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