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I do my best, thinking of them one by one, releasing them like birds from the protective cages inside me, locking the doors against their return.
“Memories are short. It is the forgetting that I fear.”
― Dance of Thieves
― Dance of Thieves
“When I’m quiet I can hear my heart yearning for impossible things. I want a perfectly pared-down home, and I want to hang on to every scrap of the past. I want a break from my kids without missing a single minute of their lives. I long for a partnership, and I long for freedom. I long to be enmeshed with someone without losing myself. I want all of it. Maybe”
― Summer Romance
― Summer Romance
“No,” I say. “He caught me. Just like Fancy would have. And I’ll always catch you too.”
― Summer Romance
― Summer Romance
“Because that’s what life is—joy peppered by loss. It’s why you get a dog. And then you get another dog.”
― Summer Romance
― Summer Romance
“It's a lot easier to work through other people's problems. I think I must be very attached to my own.”
― Summer Romance
― Summer Romance
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