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61 " marvel at his capacity for drink. He is, let’s face it, a functioning alcoholic in medical terms, "
― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide
62 " I close my eyes, but we cannot close our physical senses to what our mind conjures for us: what images, what sounds "
― S.E. Lynes , Her Sister's Secret
63 " Isla pretends to consult the map, panting. ‘After this, it’s downhill all the way to Shiel Bridge. "
64 " That’s the problem with a loss of trust: everything that comes after is loaded with suspicion; the ninety-nine per cent trust becomes one. The one per cent doubt becomes the ninety-nine. "
― S.E. Lynes , The Women
65 " The dog walkers are friendly – straightforward takeaway orders, easy to get through. "
― S.E. Lynes , The Baby Shower
66 " You see, mate,’ said Adam. ‘It’s not that bad. But you are as tense as a tightrope. Try and relax, will you, for crying out loud. At least try. I’m not here to jump you –this is what this position says. I’m your friend, it says, you can trust me, all that. "
― S.E. Lynes , Mother
67 " Love is where the idle mind wanders. "
68 " He sees now that she stifles laughter almost every time she speaks, as if the gravity of her workplace has her teetering on a brink between hilarity and madness. She is, he realises, quite possibly as shy as he "
69 " At the end of the day, Facebook, Instagram and all that crap is just your Sunday best, isn’t it? It’s your best foot forward, in its best shoes, making its digital print. "
70 " In families, we assume roles without even knowing we’re doing it. We fill in the blanks. "
71 " If my biggest failing was too much love then I would not apologise for that, not even to myself, since allowing even that small concession would be to let him, let them, change who I had been raised to be. "
― S.E. Lynes , Valentina
72 " We seem normal only to those who don’t know us very well. Alain de Botton "
― S.E. Lynes , The Proposal
73 " You can't force memory; you can't make it happen. It has to take you by surprise. "
― S.E. Lynes , The Pact
74 " There’s a limit to how many sandwiches short of a picnic you can admit to being before you’re no longer welcome on the day out, if you know what I mean. "
― S.E. Lynes , Can You See Her?
75 " Half of him wants to save it until he finds the perfect moment, but the other half knows that waiting for the perfect moment is a dangerous, dangerous game. "
76 " And often it’s something relatively small that tips us over an edge we’ve been teetering on for some time.’ ‘Like Crackerjack.’ ‘Like Crackerjack. "
77 " She makes me think she can tell me it’s going to be all right – that she has the authority to say this and make it so. And that makes me want to tell her everything, even though all is lost. "
78 " Love is no less than the handing-over of the power to destroy from one human being to another. Love is saying, here, now you can annihilate me. Go ahead. That’s love. That’s real love, isn’t it? "
79 " If you hear me, will I exist? "
80 " Why am I telling you this? I'm telling me this. I'm pouring words into myself. I'm making myself exist with words. "