S.J. Watson

Do you trust me? The question is usually asked before an admission that such trust is misplaced.

— S.J. Watson

“No treasure house of recollection, no wealth of experience, no accumulated wisdom to pass on. What are we, if not an accumulation…

— S.J. Watson

“She looks so young, so hungry, her eyes full of possibility, of what is in store for her.”

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“Kiss me, Ben," I said. "Properly.”

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“To create myself from nothing.”

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It's so difficult, isn't it? To see what's going on when you're in the absolute middle of something? It's only with hindsight…

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I will never abandon you. I love you too much.

— S.J. Watson

"Is it possible to both want and not want something at the same time? For desire to ride with fear?

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“Was sind wir denn, wenn nicht eine Ansammlung von Erinnerungen?”

— S.J. Watson

“He forgave you though,' said Claire. 'He never held it against you, ever. All he cared about was that you lived, and…

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“Progress? You call this progress?” I was almost shouting now, anger spilled out of me as if I could no longer contain…

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“I have no choice but to face whatever my reality has become.”

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“This is dying everyday. Over and over.”

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What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?

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And then, when there is nothing else between us but love, we can begin to find a way to truly be together.

— S.J. Watson

Work. Write. Read. Keep putting words on the page, because that's the only way you'll get better.

— S.J. Watson

“I couldn't imagine how i would get from here to there. i couldn't imagine living through a whole string of identical days.”

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“The hands on the shoulder, then the hug.The mouths that find each other through the tears.”

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“La dejé en el suelo, delante de mí. Y empecé a dudar. No sabía qué quería hacer, si abrirla o no. ¿Qué…

— S.J. Watson

We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We…

— S.J. Watson

I step back further, until I feel cold tiles against my back. It is then I get the glimmer that I associate…

— S.J. Watson

“It’s perfectly possible to hold two opposing points of view in the mind at once, oscillating between them.”

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There are memories I a better off without. Things better lost forever.

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“I realize with sudden clarity that we're wearing masks, all of us, all the time. We're presenting a face, a version of…

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I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid.

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