## Metadata - Author: [[Patrick Mcgrath]] - Full Title: Spider - Category: #books ## Highlights - This is the barest sketch of my father’s allotment (I shall show you more of it in due course), but it was by means of this thin strip of soil and its shed that he was able to carve out within the larger frame of his life a compartment in which to enjoy autonomy and fellowship; and it was this that made existence tolerable for him, and for others like him. In a very real sense the allotment was the spiritual core and flavor of a life that was otherwise loveless, monotonous, and gray. ([Location 168](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00X4112N6&location=168)) - At other times he came home angry, and then I’d hear his voice raised, the sharp bite of his sarcasm, the quiet tones of my mother as she tried to soften his temper and blunt the spike of his drink-quickened grievance against the world and her. ([Location 498](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00X4112N6&location=498)) - Tags: [[favorite]]