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“I realised recently that most things in life are temporary,' she says seriously. 'Almost everything, actually. So, closing yourself off to something because you don't want to risk eventually losing it? I get the impulse, but I'm not sure it's worth it.”
― We Used To Be Magic
― We Used To Be Magic
“I hate that it's changed everything, because I've realised now that I was magic when we met. I wore sparkling dresses. I disappeared in and out of beautiful places. And I didn't need to leave a shoe or a trail of breadcrumbs for him to find me, because he was magic too.”
― We Used To Be Magic
― We Used To Be Magic
“Sorry I'm late. How are you?' she asks, inclining her head towards me.
'Good, I say, overwhelmed by the banality of the question. Edie and I spent years locking eyes across classrooms and stealing kisses in storage cupboards. We shared the same tiny world - one of dust motes and damp grass, scuffed wood and rumpled uniforms. Now we're three thousand miles across the ocean, making stilted small talk over post-work drinks. It's surreal. Jarring.”
― We Used To Be Magic
'Good, I say, overwhelmed by the banality of the question. Edie and I spent years locking eyes across classrooms and stealing kisses in storage cupboards. We shared the same tiny world - one of dust motes and damp grass, scuffed wood and rumpled uniforms. Now we're three thousand miles across the ocean, making stilted small talk over post-work drinks. It's surreal. Jarring.”
― We Used To Be Magic
“But the sky is a crisp, cloudless blue, and I don't feel her here. Not like when I'm reading a book or watching a film and there's a line or a joke that I know she'd like so I make a little mental note to mention it to her before - I remember, and then...
In the back of my mind she's alive, sometimes.”
― We Used To Be Magic
In the back of my mind she's alive, sometimes.”
― We Used To Be Magic
