S.J. Watson Quotes
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Whatever enjoyment I might have had at the time would disappear overnight like snow melting on a warm roof.
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With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not,…
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I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have nothing to show…
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…I feel like he’s taking advantage of me. Advantage of my illness. He thinks he can rewrite history in any way that he likes and…
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We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically.…
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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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I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.
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I will never abandon you. I love you too much.
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I step back further, until I feel cold tiles against my back. It is then I get the glimmer that I associate with memory. As…
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What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?
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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 we can see…
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Thoughts race, as if, in a mind devoid of memory, each idea has too much space to grow and move, to collide with others in…
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Do you trust me? The question is usually asked before an admission that such trust is misplaced.
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‎"Is it possible to both want and not want something at the same time? For desire to ride with fear?
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I closed my eyes and he kissed my eyelids, barely brushing them with his lips. I felt safe, at home. I felt as if here,…
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I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.
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There were never going to be any happy endings for me. I know that now. But that is all right.
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There are memories I a better off without. Things better lost forever.
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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.
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I am an adult, but a damaged one.
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