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“That’s the sort of thing young people do: fan the flames of each other’s expectations-until the necessities of life begin to make themselves known.”

“Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that simply opens of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it.”