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‘Women are all born with a special, independent organ that allows them to lie.’

So far, this story has been my favourite in this book of short stories. It’s heartbreaking to see someone silently suffering from being lovesick.

Moral of the story- Being honest takes you a long way.

‘Those who love you always find you beautiful.’

Time to make another appointment...

Quando casar passa - When you get married, this will pass

... marriage is what happens "between the memorable. "

You can take this man anywhere, I thought with pride, and he will always know how to comport himself.

And this is about divorce process

Interesting read about Laotian weddings

An old Polish adage warns: "Before going to war, say one prayer. Before going to sea, say two prayers. Before getting married, say three."

I myself intend to pray all year.

..suggesting that two of anything brings the automatic possibility of uncertainty to our lives.

Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment.

...not as an empty space but as a magician's pocket, full of possibilities.

... haters are just more people paying attention to you.

...the dawn ran to meet us like a cat leaping up the steps.

...her silence was intimate and comfortable. It did not exclude you; it included you in a pervasive well-being.

'Enjoy yourself while you have the chance, I say,' says Rosie. 'We shall all be dead in a hundred years and what will anything matter then?'

French beans: more string than beans

... the sun was a gold plate in the sky.

If i had been a girl, I would have preferred to marry a volcano.

..that the man on the hilltop sees the curvature of the earth better than the man on the plain..