How we cite our quotes: Possession: A Romance. London: Vintage Books, 1991.
Quote #10
I have tried, initially with MISS LAMOTTE, and also alone in this little house, to live according to certain beliefs about the possibility, for independent single women, of living useful and fully human lives, in each other's company, and without recourse to help from the outside world, or men. We believed it was possible to live frugally, charitably, philosophically, artistically, and in harmony with each other and Nature. Regrettably, it was not. (18.4)
Blanche Glover's tragic suicide note helps to complete our picture of the vision that she and Christabel LaMotte shared. Christabel wasn't wrong about the risks of cracking their carefully constructed "egg."