What was it about an apology that was so difficult? It always felt like it cost something personal and precious. Only now that she was a mother was she so aware of this: the stubbornness and pride that came with being human, the desire to
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“Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure ... well ... everything there is to endure.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“Why do they hate us so much anyway?’ I asked after a lengthy pause. ‘If they’re not queer themselves, then what does it matter to them if someone else is?’ ‘I remember a friend of mine once telling me that we hate what we fear in ourselves,’ she said with a shrug.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
“Do you enjoy being a writer, Mrs Avery?” asked Julian.
“No, of course not, she said. “It’s a hideous profession. Entered into by narcissists who think their pathetic little imaginations will be of interest to people they’ve never met.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
“No, of course not, she said. “It’s a hideous profession. Entered into by narcissists who think their pathetic little imaginations will be of interest to people they’ve never met.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
“The notion that he had a life outside our life, outside our friendship, was deeply hurtful to me.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
“For the first time in my life I understood the meaning of the word 'never'. And it's really awful. You say the word a hundred times a day but you don't really know what you're saying until you're faced with a real 'never again'.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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