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“But would I have chosen to be Paul? I'd miss Will too much, the feel of his shins.”
“I didn't know much about computers. I still worked on a manual Olivetti typewriter.”
“These stories depressed me. Love ruined people's lives, the way our parents said drugs could.”
“Too many times I'd left him reaching for me, from a babysitter's arms. "Am I still a mother?" I asked myself... What parts of the day could I cut out and still give him enough? Paul never asked him...”
“And even if you hate her, can't stand her, even if she's ruining your life, there's something about her, some romance, some power. She's absolutely herself. No matter how hard you try, you'll never...”
“Maybe shed always wished to be beautiful and didnt quite dare to, because she could tell that people didnt say she was and more attention was given to other women, but she still had a frail hope th...”
“I eventually made the reunion with my father that I'd used as a default daydream throughout my childhood, but by then, we'd both outgrown the only relationship we could have had to each other. I wa...”
“Maybe she’d always wished to be beautiful and didn’t quite dare to, because she could tell that people didn’t say she was and more attention was given to other women, but she still had a frail hope...”
