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> [“If there was some way of knowing which boys were likely to turn out to be decent men, boys that could love us back as passionately as we felt we could love them, then we could banish the likelihood of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/if-there-was-some-way-of-knowing-which-boys-were-likely-to-turn-out/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

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## More by Belinda Jeffrey

> [“Don't you find it strange that your mother would leave you?' Becky said. 'I can't imagine my other leaving me.' I'd never thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/don-t-you-find-it-strange-that-your-mother-would-leave-you-becky-said/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“Her smile could wash away a thousand doubts as soon as light up a room.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/her-smile-could-wash-away-a-thousand-doubts-as-soon-as-light-up-a-room/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“I could feel their grief as if it were a beast holding us down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/i-could-feel-their-grief-as-if-it-were-a-beast-holding-us-down/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“Creativity and ideas fired between every synapse underneath my skin and I felt radiant from the inside out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/creativity-and-ideas-fired-between-every-synapse-underneath-my-skin/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“I followed Barry closely as we walked through the main doors of the hospital, down the corridor that smelt like disinfectant and false hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/i-followed-barry-closely-as-we-walked-through-the-main-doors-of-the/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“Standing there, that day, I felt like Sally was being torn from my skin and there was no way I could ever fly free,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/standing-there-that-day-i-felt-like-sally-was-being-torn-from-my-skin/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“I began to understand what bound Pearl to their simple mystery because i felt the same connection. in front of us, all around us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/i-began-to-understand-what-bound-pearl-to-their-simple-mystery/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“I was thinking how complicated life is and how there are no simple roads or paths. We are a fabric of mistakes and hurts;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/i-was-thinking-how-complicated-life-is-and-how-there-are-no-simple/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“I kissed my fingers,held my palm flat beside my mouth and blew it into the air that surrounded her memory. I closed my eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/i-kissed-my-fingers-held-my-palm-flat-beside-my-mouth-and-blew-it/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“It felt as though I had been holding on to Sally all these years, by the tips of my fingers. Just holding on. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/it-felt-as-though-i-had-been-holding-on-to-sally-all-these-years-by/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“But sometimes I wanted to feel like a child, to know that he would stand in front of me while waves crashed towards us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/but-sometimes-i-wanted-to-feel-like-a-child-to-know-that-he-would/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“I knew I'd never have another moment like this. Just a single place in time where everything had come together to breathe in harmony.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/i-knew-i-d-never-have-another-moment-like-this-just-a-single-place-in/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“Maybe attraction was aligned in heaven before our birth because there was no other way to explain my feelings. There were millions of boys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/maybe-attraction-was-aligned-in-heaven-before-our-birth-because-there/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“If there was some way of knowing which boys were likely to turn out to be decent men, boys that could love us back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/if-there-was-some-way-of-knowing-which-boys-were-likely-to-turn-out/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

> [“If we were rational creatures we would never get out of bed or live or love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-jeffrey/if-we-were-rational-creatures-we-would-never-get-out-of-bed-or-live/)

[Belinda Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-jeffrey/)

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