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Grave Talk
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‘Do you think it gets any easier?’ I ask him. He looks at me for a moment, and then his eyes stray back up the path towards the graves for the briefest of moments. When he looks at me again, his face is solemn. ‘No. No, I don’t think it
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“What happens to a man who is surrounded by people always ready to tell him that he's right? His popularity is their popularity, and his influence is theirs, too. It would be hard to stay down to earth. You'd start to believe being right and powerful was your destiny. Maybe even enough so to think that you're above the law.”
― The Lanvin Murders
― The Lanvin Murders
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“In the months since I’d split up from Eric, I’d never really missed being half of a couple. But now I yearned for a broad chest to lay my head on, to rub my cheek against the rough wool of a man’s jumper, for some loving arms to wrap me up and tell me that everything was going to be all right. I knew I could call Rosie and she’d be here like a shot. Or I could go up to The Evergreens and pour out my sorrows. But it wasn’t just any company I needed; I wanted to be loved again.”
― Coming Home
― Coming Home
“Have a blessed day.” This can make you feel like you’ve been sprayed against your will with God cologne.”
― Calypso
― Calypso
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