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“When we grow up, we find ways to hide our anxieties, our loneliness, our fear and sorrow. But children hide nothing, putting everything into their tears, which they spread liberally about for the whole world to see.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Diving Pool: Three Novellas

tags: adults, children, feelings, growing-up, sorrow

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“She's home. That's all. That's true love, I can't explain it any better than that.”
― Jenny Colgan, The Good, The Bad And The Dumped

tags: love

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“It was clear that he didn't remember me from one day to the next. The note clipped to his sleeve simply informed him that it was not our first meeting, but it could not bring back the memory of the time we had spent together.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor

tags: memory

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“We just want to be where we're supposed to be. We just want to be with the people we want to be with. I don't think that's asking for too much, ya know what I'm saying?”
― Megan McCafferty, Perfect Fifths

tags: love

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“Then when Matt had come along it hadn't been fireworks, passion and fights and drama. It had been low- key, sweet, lovely. But that didn't meant it wasn't the real thing. It never had done. Just because it wasn't suprising hadn't meant it wasn't right.”
― Jenny Colgan, The Good, The Bad And The Dumped

tags: love, relationships

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