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Unraveling Oliver Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
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“You don’t have to love a person. You can love the idea of a person. You can idealize them and turn them into the person you need.”
Liz Nugent, Unravelling Oliver
“Truth can cause more pain than lies, I think. Some secrets are best left as secrets.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“You don’t have to love a person. You can love the idea of a person. You can idealize them and turn them into the person you need. Alice loved the person that she thought I was. One way or another, I have managed to kill all the people who have loved me so far.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“Diddums. Critics claim that somebody who had no children could”
Liz Nugent, Unravelling Oliver
“Nereikia mylėti žmogaus. Galima mylėti žmogaus idėją. Galima jį idealizuoti ir paversti tokiu, kokio reikia.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“Tiesa gali sukelti daugiau skausmo nei melas. Kai kurias paslaptis geriau palikti paslaptimis.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“Kad ir kiek stengtumeisi, skausmingiausi tavo gyvenimo tarpsniai iš atminties neišdyla. Širdgėla nepranyksta. Laikas negydo. Tai melas. Prie skausmo tiesiog pripranti. Daugiau nieko.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“Draugai - tai žmonės, kurie primena tau tavo silpnybes.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“All is fair in love and war, isn’t it? Of course not. That is the biggest and most pernicious lie ever. How ridiculous. Nothing is fair in love and life, and I have wasted far too much of my time wishing it were not so.”
Liz Nugent, Unravelling Oliver
“Apparently, I have been harbouring bitterness, resentment and frustration since my childhood. Now, there’s a surprise. What will the neighbours think? What will anybody think? I really couldn’t care less.”
Liz Nugent, Unravelling Oliver
“An unwanted child had an unwanted child. Perhaps the apple didn’t fall far from the tree after all. There are several clichés I could use to illustrate the fact that I am undoubtedly my father’s son. Like him, I did not want a baby.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“Marrying into a wealthy family was not a bad option, but raising a child? When I had just killed one? I do, after all, have a sense of morality.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver
“I think genocide happens every day in some part of the world and it is easier for us to pretend that it is not happening, easier to turn off the TV or skip that column in the newspaper.”
Liz Nugent, Unraveling Oliver