“it’s possible to miss what you’ve never had, to mourn for it.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It's probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora.”
― The Husband's Secret
― The Husband's Secret
“No one warned you that having children reduced you right down to some smaller, rudimentary, primitive version of yourself, where your talents and your education and your achievements meant nothing. Clementine”
― Truly Madly Guilty
― Truly Madly Guilty
“When did you become so weak?” I don’t know. I don’t know where that strength went, I don’t remember losing it. I think that over time it got chipped away, bit by bit, by life, by the living of it.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“I always thought that being self-sufficient was a strength, but now I realize it’s a kind of weakness, too.”
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
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