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Get down, ' Bunty says grimly. 'Mummy's thinking.' (Although what Mummy's actually doing is wondering what it would be like if her entire family was wiped out and she could start again.)Kate Atkinson
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Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby, ' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia, ' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you.Kate Atkinson
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But I know nothing; my future is a wide-open vista, leading to an unknown country - The Rest Of My Life.Kate Atkinson
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In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.Kate Atkinson
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The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.Kate Atkinson
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The past is what you take with you.Kate Atkinson