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“She saw I had noticed her hair and admitted she had been vain about it as a girl. She said that back then she had worn it longer and plaited in a bun at the back of her head. In the winter sun through the window her skin had an underflush of rose and violet which so disconcerted me I had to look away”

The World To Come (2020)

True love is finding someone who can comfort you just as well as a long book, hot bath or a tall cup of tea.