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“And once out, Eleanor thought silently, you can’t put it back any more than returning a mist of perfume to a bottle once it has been sprayed.”
― Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris

“History, memory is by definition fiction. Once an event is no longer present, but remembered, it is narrative. And we can choose the narratives we tell—about our own lives, our own stories, our own relationships. We can choose the chapters we give meaning.”
― Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer

“He knew it didn’t quite have anything to do with him, but some days, often when he least expected it, he removed his sympathy from her and took it back to wrap around himself.”
― Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes

“It’s possible actions only have the weight we give them,” she says. “We can decide what something means.”
― Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer