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1 " You can't build true happiness on someone else's misery. "
― Rachel Abbott , And So It Begins (Stephanie King #1)
2 " Revenge is seeing someone suffer for a lifetime in retribution for what they’ve put you through. If I had wanted revenge on Mark, he wouldn’t be dead. "
3 " trips away from home all the more difficult? "
4 " we think "
5 " We have reached a point at which we manage to say all the right words to each other, but they are hollow – the fancy wrapping paper around an empty box. "
6 " You see, the thing that makes pain so dreadful is the memory of it. The agony is over in moments, but the mind recalls the sensations and replays them over and over. I know a lot about pain. "
7 " Siobhan scoffed, and Cleo thought how strange it was that even the most attractive people turned ugly when they were hurting. "
8 " the other displaying the kind of rubbish people buy on holiday that has no purpose once their fortnight in the sun is over: "
9 " I'm not sure if I'm famous or infamous - I suspect it depends who you ask and which side of the fence they are on. "
10 " Do you trust Cleo?’ Harriet asked. ‘With my child? Absolutely.’ Evie paused. ‘With anything else, not at all. "
11 " Look, people hurt eachother in relationships. They don't always respond the way their partner wants or expects them to. It shouldn't mean the end. "
12 " few people were on the beach, trying to fly kites without much luck, but most families were probably either hanging out in the amusement arcades or in one of the numerous cafés. "
13 " I don’t know if it was the first lash of the whip that hurt the most, or the last. "
14 " we manage to say all the right words to each other, but they are hollow – the fancy wrapping paper around an empty box. "