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Ghosts
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bookshelves: drama, classics, historical, short-stories, realistic-stories, plays, political, satire, strong-female-characters
Jan 18, 2016
bookshelves: drama, classics, historical, short-stories, realistic-stories, plays, political, satire, strong-female-characters
I think this quote pretty much sums it up:
"I almost think we are all of us ghosts, Pastor Manders. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that "walks" in us. It is all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we cannot shake them off. Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sands of the sea. And then we are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light."
Because you see, Ghosts merely isn't about the ghosts of girlfriends' past inhabiting Mrs. Alving's residence, but more about the ghosts of her own past; the ghosts that affected her relationship with her son, and the ghosts that changed her views about the world.
"I almost think we are all of us ghosts, Pastor Manders. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that "walks" in us. It is all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we cannot shake them off. Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sands of the sea. And then we are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light."
Because you see, Ghosts merely isn't about the ghosts of girlfriends' past inhabiting Mrs. Alving's residence, but more about the ghosts of her own past; the ghosts that affected her relationship with her son, and the ghosts that changed her views about the world.
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“It's not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It's all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can't get rid of them.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“I am half inclined to think we are all ghosts…it is not only what we have inherited from our fathers and mothers that exists again in us, but all sorts of old dead ideas and all kinds of old dead beliefs and things of that kind. They are not actually alive in us; but there they are dormant all the same, and we can never be rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper and read it, I fancy I see ghosts creeping between the lines. There must be ghosts all over the world. They must be as countless as the grains of the sands, it seems to me. And we are so miserably afraid of the light, all of us.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
Reading Progress
January 18, 2016
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Started Reading
January 18, 2016
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January 18, 2016
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to-read
January 19, 2016
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drama
January 19, 2016
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classics
January 19, 2016
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historical
January 19, 2016
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short-stories
January 19, 2016
– Shelved as:
realistic-stories
January 19, 2016
– Shelved as:
plays
January 19, 2016
– Shelved as:
political
January 19, 2016
– Shelved as:
satire
January 19, 2016
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Finished Reading
January 25, 2016
– Shelved as:
strong-female-characters
