"People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the regrets may be fewer but stand out more prominently, glowing coals that we can never quite extinguish, try though we might"

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Source : Jeffery Deaver (2011). “Edge: A Novel”, p.297, Simon and Schuster

Jeffery Deaver

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