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1 " Nothing changed, in the aftermath of loss. Songs kept getting written. Books kept getting read. Wars didn't stop....Life renewed itself, over and over, without sympathy. Time surged on in its usual rhythms, those comings and goings, beginnings and ends, sensible progressions that fixed things in place, without a thought to the whistling in the woods on the outskirts of town.... "
― Emma Stonex , The Lamplighters
2 " In all my years I've realized there are two kinds of people. The ones who hear a creak in a dark, lonely house, and shut the windows because it must have been the wind. And the ones who hear a creak in a dark, lonely house, light a candle, and go to take a look.[Helen Black] "
3 " It’s the small things that keep a marriage going: things that don’t cost a lot but that tell the other person you love them and don’t ask for anything in return. "
4 " Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of your mind in the way they are at the beginning. "
5 " but that was the thing about light, I said, you don't need a lot of it. The other way round, a sliver of dark in a sunny garden, you'd never spot it, the light's stronger and quicker and the eye goes looking for it. If you think of the world like that, it doesn't seem as bad a place. "
6 " Хелън си спомняше съпруга си откъслечно, мярваше само изсъхнали люспици, които се носеха като листа, нахлули през кухненската врата. Понякога улавяше някое от тях и успяваше да го огледа добре, но най-вече се взираше в летящите около глезените ѝ листа и се чудеше как, за бога, ще намери сили да ги измете. "
7 " Loneliness hardened in Arthur's stomach....Frequently he could feel his loneliness: he could locate it with his fingers and if pushed too hard, it hurt. If he ate quickly, it hurt. He drank a lot of water, to flush it out, but it never came. He kept expecting to see it after he'd visited the lavatory. Small and blue. Afraid. He did not know what he would do with it. He did not know what he would do without it. "
8 " It felt like the more I read, the more free I was in my mind, and if you’re free in your mind, then it doesn’t matter what else is going on. "
9 " Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of your mind in the way they are at the beginning.[Helen Black] "
10 " You might say the problem is with me and your readers will, I’m sure. There’s nothing so hateful as a woman who gets involved with another woman’s husband. Never mind the husband’s part: he was tricked or seduced, most likely, and it’s funny how men insist on power in all aspects of their lives except when it does not suit them, and then they’re content to be feeble and let the women take responsibility "
11 " There's nothing so hateful as a woman who gets involved with another woman's husband. Never mind the husband's part: he was tricked or seduced, most likely, and its funny how men insist on power in all aspects of the ir lives except when it does not suit them, and then they are content to be feeble and let the women take responsibility. "
12 " He used to say his daddy was the sun after the sun had gone to bed, and all these years later, I still think that's the best description I've heard. "
13 " I don't trust people who say they've never experiences something they can't explain. They must be very closed off as people and it's a waste to live a life where you only think about what's in front of you and you never consider what else there is. "
14 " Did you know that 'eau de Nil' means 'water of the Nile'? I always thought i meant 'water of nothing', which is how the sea makes me feel, in a way, so I still think of it like that. Water of nothing. "
15 " You're a boy who gets hit, Bill; you're not a boy who hits. "
16 " Arthur wasn't made of that and never had been. He could make a fist but not use it, however much he might like to. "
17 " It’s disorientating to hear about things in the real world, the other world. That world could cease to be and for a time we’d be none the wiser "
18 " People will believe anything, and given the choice they prefer lies to the truth because lies are usually more interesting. "
19 " In all my years I’ve realized there are two kinds of people. The ones who hear a creak in a dark, lonely house, and shut the windows because it must have been the wind. And the ones who hear a creak in a dark, lonely house, light a candle, and go to take a look. "
20 " Life renewed itself, over and over, without sympathy. "
