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“Nothing's ever the same," she said. "Be it a second later or a hundred years. It's always churning and roiling. And people change as much as oceans.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“That's the trouble with living things. Don't last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Childhood memories are sometimes covered and obscured beneath the things that come later, like childhood toys forgotten at the bottom of a crammed adult closet, but they are never lost for good.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“It's always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“If you have something specific and visible to fear, rather than something that could be anything, it is easier.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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Art, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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