“She had always called me ‘you.’ ‘Is that you?’ on the telephone, ‘Can you? Will you? Do you?’ so that I imagined, like a fool, for a few minutes at a time, there was only one ‘you’ in the world and that was me.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.”
― The Shadow Rising
― The Shadow Rising
“Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?'
'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.”
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'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.”
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“You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.”
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“I wouldn't like to be cremated', she said.
'You'd prefer worms?'
'Yes, I would.”
― The End of the Affair
'You'd prefer worms?'
'Yes, I would.”
― The End of the Affair
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