"She wanted to say, no. She wanted to……" — Maggie O'Farrell
"She wanted to say, no. She wanted to say, I have a son, there is a child, this cannot happen. Because you know that no one will ever love them like you do. You know that no one will look after them like you do. You know that it's an impossibility, it's unthinkable that you could be taken away, that you will have to leave them behind."
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Maggie O'Farrell
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11 Quotes by Maggie O'Farrell
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She liked the way his smile took a long time to arrive and just as long to leave.
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Two and a half thousand left-handed people are killed every year using things made for right-handed people.
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We are all, Esme decides, just vessels through which identities pass: we are lent features, gestures, habits, then we hand…
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It is a terrible thing to want something you cannot have. It takes you over. I couldn't think straight because…
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Why isn't life better designed so it warns you when terrible things are about to happen?
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I don't believe in fate. I don't believe in cushioning your insecurities with a system of belief that tells you…
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What are you supposed to do with all the love you have for somebody if that person is no longer…
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Listen. The trees in this story are stirring, trembling, readjusting themselves. A breeze is coming in gusts off the sea,…
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