She did not move. And about her the entire house, the street, seemed to encourage her, seemed to consider this motionlessness natural.
“There is a camaraderie that grows up among those who work with old books and old papers, largely, I suspect, because we understand that we are at odds with the rest of the world: we are travelling backwards, while all those around us are still moving forward.”
Peter Ackroyd | The House of Doctor Dee