Suffering Quotes in Year of Wonders

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Quote #10

I understood that where Michael Mompellion had been broken by our shared ordeal, in equal measure I had been tempered and made strong. (3.15.45)

Everyone in the village experiences suffering, but the reactions each person has to it vary wildly. Anna, for example, becomes much stronger as a result of the pain she experiences. Mompellion, on the other hand, is emotionally and spiritually crushed by Elinor's death.