Chapter 6The University Library was a large white building that seemed to stretch endlessly into the sky, especially on cloudy days. The first time that Felicity stepped on campus, she’d gasped audibly at its presence. It seemed to fit perfectly into the image of the Ivory Tower her mother went on and on about, especially as Felicity decided to continue with her education.
According to Candace Garland, The Ivory Tower was where smart people were trapped, where their ideas could never take hold, and so, they became ineffectual—or rather, they were “stupid smarties” to her mother. Basically, stupid smarties were people who only thought they were clever spent all their time doing nothing, and they did all of this nonsense inside Ivory Towers. Her mother’s rant was a half-cobbled together mon
