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S.J. Watson quotes: It's perfectly possible to hold two opposing points of view in the mind at once, oscillating between them.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: Is it possible to both want and not want something at the same time? For desire to ride with fear?

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

S.J. Watson quotes: Whatever enjoyment I might have had at the time would disappear overnight like snow melting on a warm roof.

Whatever enjoyment I might have had at the time would disappear overnight like snow melting on a warm roof.

S.J. Watson quotes: There is so much,I thought,just under the surface. So many memories, darting like silvery minnows in a shallow stream.

There is so much,I thought,just under the surface. So many memories, darting like silvery minnows in a shallow stream.

S.J. Watson quotes: We both pretended to attach no significance to what had happened, and so revealed just how much significance there was.

We both pretended to attach no significance to what had happened, and so revealed just how much significance there was.

S.J. Watson quotes: I will never abandon you. I love you too much.

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

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

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

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

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 quotes: We are in a restaurant, smilling, leaning in over a half-eaten meal, our faces flushed with love and thr bite of the sun.

We are in a restaurant, smilling, leaning in over a half-eaten meal, our faces flushed with love and thr bite of the sun.

S.J. Watson quotes: The hands on the shoulder, then the hug.The mouths that find each other through the tears.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: Chrissy," she said. Her voice was quiet, measured. I thought I detected something in it, some new emotion. Fear. "Describe Ben to me.

Chrissy," she said. Her voice was quiet, measured. I thought I detected something in it, some new emotion. Fear. "Describe Ben to me.

$S.J. Watson quotes: Why did he feel that wanting to make sense of my fractured life meant that I wanted to change it in some way?$ Why did he feel that wanting to make sense of my fractured life meant that I wanted to change it in some way?

S.J. Watson quotes: I have no choice but to face whatever my reality has become.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: His grief is not new. It has had the time to bed down within him, to become part of his foundations, rather than something that rocks them.

His grief is not new. It has had the time to bed down within him, to become part of his foundations, rather than something that rocks them.

S.J. Watson quotes: Kiss me, Ben," I said. "Properly.

Kiss me, Ben," I said. "Properly.

S.J. Watson quotes: I am sliding, down,down. Toward blackness, I must not sleep. I must not sleep.I.Must.Not.Sleep.

I am sliding, down,down. Toward blackness, I must not sleep. I must not sleep.I.Must.Not.Sleep.

S.J. Watson quotes: But, I realized, these truths are all I have. They are my past. They are what makes me human. Without them, I am nothing. Nothing but an animal. I

But, I realized, these truths are all I have. They are my past. They are what makes me human. Without them, I am nothing. Nothing but an animal. I

S.J. Watson quotes: I am an adult, but a damaged one.

I am an adult, but a damaged one.

S.J. Watson quotes: Two wrongs don't make anything right, but maybe they make things more equal.

Two wrongs don't make anything right, but maybe they make things more equal.

S.J. Watson quotes: We sat opposite each other across a table that swam with spilled coffee, warming our hands on our drinks.

We sat opposite each other across a table that swam with spilled coffee, warming our hands on our drinks.

S.J. Watson quotes: How will I feel when I look in a mirror and see the reflection of my grandmother?

How will I feel when I look in a mirror and see the reflection of my grandmother?

S.J. Watson quotes: I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: Do you trust me?The question is usually asked before an admission that such trust is misplaced.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: It's not life, it's just an existence, jumping from one moment to the next with no idea of the past, and no plan for the future.

It's not life, it's just an existence, jumping from one moment to the next with no idea of the past, and no plan for the future.

S.J. Watson quotes: I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.

I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.

S.J. Watson quotes: There were never going to be any happy endings for me. I know that now. But that is all right.

There were never going to be any happy endings for me. I know that now. But that is all right.

S.J. Watson quotes: I am frightened to discover my past. What I have achieved, and what I have not.

I am frightened to discover my past. What I have achieved, and what I have not.

S.J. Watson quotes: I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.

I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.

S.J. Watson quotes: She looks so young, so hungry, her eyes full of possibility, of what is in store for her.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: I looked over at him, running in the distance. Another faulty, fucked-up brain in a healthy body.

I looked over at him, running in the distance. Another faulty, fucked-up brain in a healthy body.

S.J. Watson quotes: To create myself from nothing.

To create myself from nothing.

S.J. Watson quotes: these truths are all I have. They are my past. They are what makes me human. Without them, I am nothing. Nothing but an animal.

these truths are all I have. They are my past. They are what makes me human. Without them, I am nothing. Nothing but an animal.

S.J. Watson quotes: There are memories I am better off without. Things better lost forever.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: The little things. Perhaps it is these trivialities I have been writing down in my book, these small hooks on which my whole life is hung.

The little things. Perhaps it is these trivialities I have been writing down in my book, these small hooks on which my whole life is hung.

S.J. Watson quotes: This is dying everyday. Over and over.

This is dying everyday. Over and over.

S.J. Watson quotes: Soon I will sleep, and my brain will begin to delete everything. Tomorrow I will go through it all again.

Soon I will sleep, and my brain will begin to delete everything. Tomorrow I will go through it all again.

S.J. Watson quotes: I am floating, I thought, completely without anchor, at the mercy of the wind.

I am floating, I thought, completely without anchor, at the mercy of the wind.

S.J. Watson quotes: I could think of nothing, nothing to say, nothing to feel. My mind was empty.

I could think of nothing, nothing to say, nothing to feel. My mind was empty.

S.J. Watson quotes: I couldn't imagine how i would get from here to there. i couldn't imagine living through a whole string of identical days.

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

S.J. Watson quotes: Pain, or pleasure. I could not tell where one ended and the other began.

Pain, or pleasure. I could not tell where one ended and the other began.

S.J. Watson quotes: I guess sometimes it's not so much about how long you've known someone, but about what you've been through together.

I guess sometimes it's not so much about how long you've known someone, but about what you've been through together.

S.J. Watson quotes: What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?

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

S.J. Watson quotes: I asked for this, I thought, at the same time as I never asked for this. Is it possible to bothwant and not want something at the same time?

I asked for this, I thought, at the same time as I never asked for this. Is it possible to both
want and not want something at the same time?