I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tommy, and he'd wave, and maybe even call.

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You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?

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Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.

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I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever.

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After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?

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Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.

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The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.

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All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

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If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

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She always wanted to believe in things.

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