Sunday, September 16, 2007

On Chesil Beach

A fairly decent story by Ian McEwan. Story about the wedding night of Florence and Edward. How the couple is uncomfortable & shy, and how one incident changes the entire relationship! You need to read the book to know more, if interested :-)

I'd like to share the lines that changes the relationship.

...he went to speak, but she raised her hand. 'That I'm pretty hopeless, absolutely hopeless at sex. Not only am I no good at it, I don't seem to need it like other people, like you do. It just isn't something that's part of me. I don't like it, I don't like the thought of it. I have no idea why that is, but I think it isn't going to change. Not immediately. At least, I can't imagine it changing. And if I don't say this now, we'll always be struggling with it, and it's going to cause you a lot of unhappiness, and me too.'

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