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That was the nature of history, of course: notional, partial, unknowable, a record made by the victors.

That was the nature of history, of course: notional, partial, unknowable, a record made by the victors.
– Kate Morton

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  24. …home is a magnet that lures back even its most abstracted children. But whether tomorrow or years from now, I cannot guess. – Kate Morton
  25. Had any poet adequately described the wretched ugliness of a loved one turned inside out with grief? – Kate Morton
  26. You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing. – Kate Morton
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  30. As if I hadn’t spent a lifetime pretending to forget. – Kate Morton
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