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“So anxious to see him that anything seemed possible. Conventions, other people's opinions, the law, all appear laughable in the face of your desire, your drive to reach your love. It's a blissful state. It's fleeting, though, this feeling. [...] in the moment itself, in the blissful moment when anything's possible, there's no need for words. You'll simply fall into one another's arms, him understanding everything - everything - at last.”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman

“To will is to stir up paradoxes”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

“Then he smiled. ‘Were you really dreaming of me?”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman

“We should live here.’ After just two days of the possibilities of Venice, I said, ‘We should live here.’ And Tom’s answer was, ‘We should fly to the moon.’ But he was smiling.”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman