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Put Upon Quotes

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Ottessa Moshfegh
“I'd never learned how to relate to people, much less how to speak up for myself. I preferred to sit and rage quietly.”
Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

Iris Murdoch
“He . . . felt as if, wanting to be needed by everyone, he were merely becoming some sort of semi-invisible messenger.”
Iris Murdoch, The Message to the Planet

Jacqueline Winspear
“After Miriam left the cellar, Maisie stood for a moment, listening to the woman's footfall ascend the stone staircase, as if each step were a mark of her bitterness. It was the resigned march of the put-upon, to a theme of one deep sigh.”
Jacqueline Winspear, A Dangerous Place