had an idea-too sentimental to speak aloud and he knew none of his divorced friends would ever own up to it-that something must linger, a half-life of marriage, some sense memory of love even if obviously not the thing itself. He thought these people must mean something to one another, even if they didn't like one another anymore.
( Emily St. John Mandel )
[ Station Eleven ]
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