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1 " Having a kid is like an industrial revolution of the emotions. Suddenly you can mass produce worry, and guilt. "
― S.K. Tremayne
2 " We're all astronauts, really, aren't we; interstellar astronauts, travelling so far into the blackness we can never return. "
3 " Everything you say is absolutely right — the death of those we love is so much worse than our own death, and yes all love is a form of suicide, you destroy yourself, you surrender yourself, you kill something in yourself, willingly, if you really love. "
― S.K. Tremayne , The Ice Twins
4 " It's not so much my own death that is intolerable, it's the death of those around me. Because I love them. And part of me dies with them. Therefore all love, if you like, is a form of suicide. "
5 " It's like a dream, but who cares? I want a dream. Right this minute, that's exactly what I want. Because reality has been pretty fucking crap for a while now. "
6 " Maybe nothing could extinguish the yearning of human love; maybe it travelled on for ever, through the darkness. Like the light from dead stars. "
― S.K. Tremayne , The Fire Child
7 " I once read a survey that explained how moving is as traumatic as divorce, or as the death of a parent. "
8 " Kartais tylėjimas pasako daugiau už žodžius. "
9 " Yet they were so tempting. Because they all had those blissful views of the river. Mum liked to sit on her balcony, reading Swedish thrillers, drinking supermarket Chardonnay. "
10 " Please leave the stone on the seat, it is to keep out the mink. "
11 " Jag är rädd för båda mina döttrar, de båda spökena i detta hus, de båda spökena i min hjärna; Istvillingarna, som smälter, som smälter ihop. "
12 " I have, I am, I—” “Lydia, babe, Lydie… "
13 " He wanted to hurt his wife for what happened. Punish her. Hurt her badly.Why not? his daughter was dead. "
14 " Why do you keep calling me Kirstie, Mummy?Kirstie is dead. It was Kirstie that died. I'm Lydia. "
15 " The sense of loss throbs, in this study, like a reopened wound at the heart of Carnhallow. And I feel like I am the shard in the flesh. Renewing the hurt. "
