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“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Shel Silverstein, Every Thing on It

“I studied Mrs. Forbes and the girl in the photograph, and tried to find something that matched. There was nothing.
"Don't look so shocked," she said. "I wasn't born old, you know."
My mother used this saying quite frequently. I had learned from experience not to say one word in reply, and I sipped my cordial to avoid having to make a comment.”
― Joanna Cannon

“The only problem was, when your whole existence is something you have to cope with, you look back one day and find that your strategy has become a way of life.”
― Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep