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  1. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    Let's say you had to report back to heaven at the end of your time on earth, tell them what your personal allotment of experience had been: wouldn't it sound like Poppy's speech? The smell of radiator dust on a winter morning, the taste of hot maple syrup ...
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  2. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    Face it,' I said. 'There is no true life. Your true life is the one you end up with, whatever it may be. You just do the best you can with what you've got,' I said.
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  3. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    She passed her on to Troy without giving them a glance; she told him she thought there was something perverted about book reviews that were longer than the books they were reviewing.
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  4. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    I write because I want to have more than one life.
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  5. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.
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  6. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    There is no true life. Your true life is the one you end up with, whatever it may be. You just do the best you can with what you've got.
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  7. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    «آدم‌ها فکر می‌کنند ازدست‌دادن یک عزیز مثل ترک کردن سیگار است. روز اوّل خیلی سخت است. روز بعد سختی کم‌تر می‌شود و به تدریج از بین می‌رود و هرچه که می‌گذرد تحمّلش آسان‌تر و آسان‌تر می‌شود. امّا من می‌گویم مثل آب‌نخوردن است. هرروز بیشتر متوجّه ازدست‌رفتن عزیزت می‌شوی»
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  8. Anne Tyler _ Back When We Were Grownups

    It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.
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