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“Als kind had mijn tante Olive een voor anderen onzichtbaar vriendinnetje. Topsy woonde helemaal achterin de tuin. Dat het maar verbeelding was heeft Olive nooit willen geloven. En toen ze vele jaren later begon te dementeren hield Topsy haar opnieuw trouw gezelschap. (Uit: Kinderpraat)”

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“પ્રિય લોકો પરફેક્ટ હોય એવો આગ્રહ છોડી દેવો. કારણકે કોઈના પરફેક્ટ બનવાની પ્રતીક્ષા કરતાં રહીશું, તો એમને ક્યારેય ચાહી નહીં શકીએ. આપણે ક્યારેય કોઈને ટુકડાઓમાં નથી ચાહી શક્તા. એમની સિલેક્ટેડ લાક્ષણિકતાઓને પ્રેમ કરીએ, અને અપ્રિય બાબતોને ધિક્કારીએ, એવું શક્ય નથી બનતું. પ્રિયજનને એમની અપૂર્ણતાઓ સાથે સ્વીકારી લેવા પડે છે. એમની અણગમતી બાજુઓને એમના વ્યક્તિત્વનો એક ભાગ ગણીને સ્વીકારી લેવી પડે છે. મોટાભાગે આપણી પાસે બે જ વિકલ્પો હોય છે, પ્રિય વ્યક્તિને કાં તો છોડી દેવી પડે છે, ને કાં તો એની અપૂર્ણતા સાથે સ્વીકારી લેવી પડે છે. કોઈ બદલાઈ એવી શરતે કે એવી આશામાં, ક્યારેય કોઈને ચાહી નથી શકાતા. જેના પરફેક્ટ બનવાની પ્રતીક્ષા કે જેને પરફેક્ટ બનાવવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરીએ છીએ, એને પામી નથી શક્તા.”

“Young Bride had a scratch on her neck from the knife, but no other external injuries. It seemed she was killed by the shock the drunks gave her. After sixty-odd years, reliving the trauma of that fateful night was too much to bear. There was no funeral procession. She was buried on the unlucky hill on the outskirts of the village. The crickets, however, remained around her shack and continued to sing until the first snow fell.”

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