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“In this way my love for him mirrored my mother's love for my father, which, despite their separation, had endured--call it habit, call it time, call it memory, the memory of love. It's not so easy, after wall, to cut that invisible thread.”
― Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt

“Even when we were not touching we were one, joined by an invisible thread, like Jude had said about the moon and tide.”
― Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt

“Is that the coat I bought you? he said.
Yes. I wear it to remind me that you’re real.”
― Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

“If God wanted me to give you up, he wouldn't have made me who I am.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You