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“You can't change the past. You can't change other people. You can change you though. You narrate this story. So start to write a new chapter.”
― Matt Haig, The Comfort Book

“Before long, he caught a hold of himself and concluded that nothing ever did happen again; to each was given days and chances which wouldn’t come back around. And wasn’t it sweet to be where you were and let it remind you of the past for once, despite the upset, instead of always looking on into the mechanics of the days and the trouble ahead, which might never come.”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

“Dr August, there is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd. He may nod, and smile, and say the right thing, but even by this pretence his soul is pushed further away from the kinship of men.”
― Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

“A memory for details, Elena knows, is only for the brave, and being cowardly or brave is not something one can choose.”
― Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows