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Check & Mate
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“I…Checkmate.” That’s when he lifts his eyes to mine for the first time. They are dark, and clear, and serious. And they remind me of a few important, long-forgotten things.
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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
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“What went wrong? Nothing and everything.”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity
“These things are going to eat away at me... I rewrite the script in my head until it's 100-proof poison, and none of it helps at all.”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity
“See, records have helped me to fall in love, no question. I hear something new, with a chord change that melts my guts, and before I know it I’m looking for someone, and before I know it I’ve
found her.”
― High Fidelity
found her.”
― High Fidelity
“But there was an important and essential truth contained in the idea, and the truth was that these things matter, and it’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently, or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity
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