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1 " Secrets, secrets, secrets. People are filled to the brim with them if you look closely. "
― Sarah Pinborough , Behind Her Eyes
2 " Everyone has secrets, Lou,” she says. “Everyone should be allowed their secrets. You can never know everything about a person. You’d go mad trying to. "
3 " There's no right and wrong with feelings. There is only what there is. "
4 " It's strange how different we all appear to who we really are. "
5 " Sharing a secret always feels great in the moment, but then becomes a burden in itself. That gnawing in the pit of your stomach that something has been set free and you can’t call it back and now someone else has that power over your future. "
6 " Then she said that truth was all relative. Truth often came down to what is the most believable version of events. "
7 " Three can keep a secret if two are dead. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN "
8 " If you love someone, set them free. What a load of bollocks. "
9 " An ending and a beginning now knotted up forever. He expected the hues of the world to change to reflect that, but the earth and heavens remained the same muted shades, and there was no tremble of anger from the trees. No weeping whisper of wind. No siren wailed in the distance. The woods were just the woods, and the dirt was just the dirt. "
10 " It's not that difficult, I want to say. People cheat all the time. The reasons are always selfish and base, it's the excuses we make that are complicated. "
11 " A home needs to be filled with love, and some houses--her own, as it had been, included--don't have enough heat in their love to warm them. "
12 " There’s no right and wrong with feelings. There is only what there is.” She "
13 " The past is as ephemeral as the future—it’s all perspective and smoke and mirrors. "
14 " ...people don't ever really trust each other enough to not have doubts. No one ever truly thinks the best of anyone else. "
15 " everyone’s life is probably a mess of secrets and lies when you boil them right down. "
16 " Carbs are the devil’s work. Save them for treat days. "
17 " I think back to my own short-lived marriage. The lust didn’t die with us. But that didn’t stop him leaving after four years to be with someone else when our son was barely two years old. Maybe she has a point. I don’t think I ever saw my ex, Ian, as my best friend. "
18 " Also,” Louise continues, and I pay attention now I’m sure I have everything securely logged in my head, “this sitting-still business is always preferable to the gym. I’m going to ache tomorrow. "
19 " There's no right or wrong with feelings. There is only what there is. "
20 " I was his practice wife, I realize. Adam and I were his practice family. When the story of his life is spun, we will simply be the early threads. We will not be the color. "