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“Grateful, grateful, grateful. That’s the role of mothers. But the role of children is to dream. So her son dreams that his mother will one day be able to walk into a room without having to apologize.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“There will be a spring and a summer. It's almost excruciating. But then comes autumn, short as a wink, before winter is finally upon us again. Life does not go on, it starts again, everything is possible again. Anything can happen, all the best and all the most beautiful and all the greatest adventures on earth.”
― The Winners
― The Winners
“Frances, are you planning to drown down there?”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“I sit on the edge of the bed, feeling the loneliness swell, not knowing whether it's pressing against me from the outside or growing from within. either way, it's inescapable, my oldest companion.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place
“She knows where to find everything in me and I know where all her stuff is too. She is, in short, my best friend.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
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