History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.” ’
“There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance. I cannot call back the spoken word or the accomplished deed, sitting here, alive and in my own home, any more than poor Tom Jenkyn could, swinging in his chains.”
― Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel
― Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel
“Nothing like a mask to reveal somebody’s true nature”
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
“It must be great. Not to miss things. Not to long to get back to something. Not to be looking back all the time.”
― Klara and the Sun
― Klara and the Sun
“When all is said and done, it is my life.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“how seldom we recognize the sounds when the bolt of our fate slides home.”
― Red Dragon
― Red Dragon
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