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“Things, once gone, can't be put back; he knew that now. A punch, once delivered, can't be withdrawn. Words, once spoken, can't be unsaid. We may go on as if nothing has been lost, nothing done, nothing said; we may claim to forget it all; but our innermost core doesn't forget, because we have been changed forever.”
― Julian Barnes, The Only Story

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“you can't be one of the people in a relationship if you're busily refusing to be a person.”
― Imogen Binnie, Nevada

“Things change, he says. I don't know how they do. But they do without your realizing it or wanting them to.”
― Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love