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Grown Ups
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Adulthood, for all its opportunities, meant the simultaneous accumulation of loss.
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”
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“But Lucy, I've no money."
I put my face up to his and smiled.
He smiled back.
"Frankly my dear," I beamed, "I don't give a damn."
I had always wanted to say that.”
― Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
I put my face up to his and smiled.
He smiled back.
"Frankly my dear," I beamed, "I don't give a damn."
I had always wanted to say that.”
― Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
“You were the one who wanted me to come here with you, so you'd better have the bloody manners to talk to me. If you wanted to flirt with someone then why did you invite me?" "Sorry, Lucy; you're right; forgive me, Lucy." He sounded humble but he certainly did not look it. "And you can knock of that naughty little boy smile," I continued.”
― Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
― Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
“If you're my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can't, and if I can't talk to you, well, what is the point of you? Of us?”
― One Day
― One Day
“What must that be like? To be admired before you’ve even said a word, to be desired two or three hundred times a day by people who have absolutely no idea what you’re like?”
― Starter for Ten
― Starter for Ten
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