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But it struck me now that it's not enough just to wrestle a challenge into one that you can do. Somehow you need to be convinced that it’s one that you should do.
“It’s like how you could go through your whole life and never meet an unsuccessful parachutist. That didn’t mean they didn’t exist. They did, but only for as long as it took gravity to prove an emphatic point from ten thousand feet.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
“Seriously though, how can I ever thank you?” “For feck’s sake woman, you own a pub!”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
“I’m not saying I wouldn’t like to see proof of your possession of the full picnic’s worth of sandwiches, but I’m in a weakened enough state to take your word for it.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
“In ten years’ time you’ll look back at twenty-six and wish you’d realised you had your whole life ahead of you. And at forty-six you’ll look back at thirty-six and think the exact same thing. The world is full of people killing time because they think they’ve no time left.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
“Did stress bring on early labour? Tara wasn’t sure. She knew that sex and curry apparently did. In the case of her cousin Cheryl, they’d also played a fairly big role in conception.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
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