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“Rejection only made the attachment stronger. I realized that the impossibility of connection was a driving force behind his desire.”
― Deirdre Madden

“It was strange that someone whose need to worship was so intense could be so dismissive of religion.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“Being able to understand it was of no great importance. We see no visions because we live in an age in which they are not permitted; but if we accepted the idea of them, who's to say what we wouldn't see? Marriage is no longer a mystical union but a social contract.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“I realise that a certain school of thought says that who we are is something we construct for ourselves. We build our self out of what we think we remember.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday