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1 " But perhaps revelation often comes when you’re not looking for it, resolution when you don’t realize you need it. "
― Robert Goddard , Past Caring
2 " Time cannot erase the sadnesses of life, but it can help us to learn from them the hardest lesson of all: that even one’s mistakes are enriching. "
3 " We live with the past because we have to, but we don’t have to live in it. "
4 " trance "
5 " withdrawn smugness of unexplained wealth. "
6 " The trouble with altering the facts to fit the picture is that it’s a cumulative exercise. It starts as a game — a bit of a lark really. Then it gets serious, then complicated, then . . . then pleasure becomes pain because you find yourself and everyone else believing the charade — living the lie as if it were the truth. "
7 " mean.” The truth was, I hoped I knew what he meant. “In fact, the Memoir seems so much more real here — more immediate — that I’d like to stay to read it, if that’s all right.” “By all means, Martin. Stay as long as you like. I’ll make sure you’re not disturbed. I hope, though, that you’ll join me for an aperitif before dinner. Alec’s sure to be back by then.” “Thanks. I’d like to.” Sellick left "
8 " learned a lesson I never had as a politician: that we cannot properly lead those with whom we have not shared "
9 " I learned a lesson I never had as a politician: that we cannot properly lead those with whom we have not shared suffering. "
