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1 " Life had taught him to be profoundly suspicious of coincidence, and it had similarly taught him to view any seemingly random conjunction of events or persons as coincidence and thus be suspicious of that, as well. "
― Donna Leon , A Sea of Troubles (Commissario Brunetti, #10)
2 " I think people prefer to remember happy times, well, happier times, and if they can't remember them, then to change the memories and make them happier. "
3 " She lengthened her stride, aware at every step of how long she'd been sitting at a desk and how much her body rejoiced in this simple act of walking on the beach in the sun. "
4 " We never know them well. Do we?”“Who?”“Real people.”“What do you mean, real people?”“As opposed to people in books,” Paola explained. “They’re the only ones we ever know well. Or know truly. "