"Other people's words drifted through his mind. Tumbleweed riding through a desert. Had he already thought that?"
— Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)
Author
Work Title
Date
1992
Metaphor
"Other people's words drifted through his mind. Tumbleweed riding through a desert. Had he already thought that?"
Metaphor in Context
Other people's words drifted through his mind. Tumbleweed riding through a desert. Had he already thought that? Had he already said it? He felt bloated and empty at the same time.
(p. 216)
(p. 216)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Quotations drawn from Edward St. Aubyn, The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk (New York: Picador, 2012).
Date of Entry
09/26/2015
