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Why was it that books worthy of the book group were always depressing? What was good about a book that left you feeling miserable?
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“Relationships are as individual as people, and I know Christy. I know when she’s unhappy or stressed.” “And do you also know when to step back?”
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Her carefully constructed world was crumbling. Christy didn’t know what to do without structure. She was hanging by her fingers from the scaffolding of her old life. She felt confused. All she knew was that right now, in this moment, she felt happy. And that was enough.
It had taken years for her to understand that her mother’s way of coping with the big things in life was to focus on the small things. By the time you’d made beds, peeled potatoes, cleaned, dusted, shopped and ironed, there was no room for reflection. And if you made a list, you didn’t ever find yourself with a terrifying moment of emptiness. The longer the list, the less likely you were to find yourself with a gap in activities. A gap, she’d discovered, was a grief trap ready to snap its jaws closed.
But then I saw them together. I’d never seen Seb like that before. He was happy. And so was she. In the end, isn’t that what it’s all about? You can look at the facts and think they don’t make sense but then look at the reality and find that it does.”
Making yourself vulnerable is a big step in a relationship. It’s like stepping onto glass and wondering if it’s going to hold your weight.”
“Plans are only ever in our heads.” Alix strolled across to the tree. “Life generally has its own plan.”
“Dreams are never a mistake. Dreams are hope. Dreams give us a reason to get up in the morning. Dreams are optimism. They’re what keep us going when things feel impossibly tough. And you can always change the dream.”
“A celestial display,” she murmured. “You are basically going to see stars with that man.” Alix bared her teeth. It was the closest approximation to a smile that she could produce, given the misery she was feeling. There was more than one way to see stars, she thought. A bonk on the head could achieve the same effect.
