Bits of Ivory

“The little bit of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush, as produces little effect after much labour.” - Jane Austen

Richard Brown: I don’t think I can make it to the party, Clarissa.

Clarissa Vaughn: You don’t have to go to the party, you don’t have to go to the ceremony, you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. You can do as you like.

Richard Brown: But I still have to face the hours, don’t I? I mean, the hours after the party, and the hours after that…

—The Hours (2002) (via frigidairebear)

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