John Wyndham

The Chrysalids

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  • Yi xuan Tanhas quoted20 days ago
    ‘Rachel’s afraid. She’s crying inside. She wants Michael.’
  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    it was bitterness, self-contempt, and abasement. In wretchedness and misery

    David feels awful about divulging Sophie's name to his father as he believed that it could jeopardise Sophie.

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    Who was this child—this Blasphemy—you were with yesterday?

    Unconcerned of the state his son was in but more concerned about catching a blasphemy he was with - uncaring

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    Mrs Wender bent to kiss me

    Intimate motherly guesture

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    ‘Yes,’ I said, reliably

    Did not hesitate before offering his help to the Wenders

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    let her hold me to her in a way my own mother never did

    Familial bond - Mrs Wender treats him like her own child and David accpet's her motherly love

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    how she genuinely wished I could go with them, how she leapt on, without examining the reasons

    Mrs Wender geniuely wanted David to come with them - truly cares about him

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    he put his hand on my shoulder and let it rest there

    Knew he had to reject David and so was trying to comfort him

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    He stopped what he was doing, and turned to look at me. We faced one another for some moments, then slowly, regretfully, he shook his head

    Pacing slows, Mr Wender felt bad that he would have to reject David's request

  • Shi Wen Onghas quoted5 days ago
    The desolation of the prospect engulfed me

    The prospect of the Wenders leaving completely and absolutely devastated him. "englufed"

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