“...assassin grief, he'd once called it: the kind of grief that lies in wait and attacks from ambush, with no warning and no mercy. I know now that assassin grief can hide for years and then strike suddenly, on the happiest day, without discernible reason or exegesis.”
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“I like you but I feel like killing you at the same time. That's a peculiar talent you've got.”
“They sang of heartbreak, and all the sorrows of loss.”
“Even in that, I discovered, human beings will find an art.”
“I was practising, trying to remember what it was like to be me.”
“But first you need the theory, before you can make a profit from the practice.”
“I had no idea where in all the wide world I might begin to look for her.”
“And it's impossible to despise someone you honestly pity, and to shun someone you truly love.”