The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
We are made up of different parts, some good, some bad, and a healthy mind can tolerate this ambivalence and juggle both..Mental illness is precisely about a lack of this kind of integration.
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Mariana By Susanna Kearsley
The past is very seductive…really it’s the present that’s in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That’s why people often get stuck there.
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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can’t believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.