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All he did was to remove the one thing that makes almost all people unhappy: other people. Whatever they want, the answer is no.
“Just leave. He hurts you. Walk away. And they assume we’re not strong. That we let people walk all over us. We’re passive. We let people control us.’ She shakes her head. ‘I’m none of those things. And I’m not the only woman in this situation who is strong.”
― Two Mothers
― Two Mothers
“Do you like goldfish?’ she asked. ‘I do,’ I said. ‘There is something very restful about them. I can watch them for hours. How they silently glide around in their watery world.”
― THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
― THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
“still but if you move towards it, the beautiful creature will dart away. And this was a gazelle I was talking to.”
― THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
― THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
“Children ran away. I knew this. They ran away for attention or because they were upset or frightened. They ran away because they were bored or because they didn’t get their own way. They came home.”
― The Woman in My Home
― The Woman in My Home
“What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass…”
― The Great Train Journey
― The Great Train Journey
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