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A person was like a city. You couldn’t let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don’t like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile.
‘Want,� she told her, in a measured tone, ‘is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely. Maybe you have a lack problem rather than a want problem. Maybe there is a life that you really want to live.�
‘So, you see? Sometimes regrets aren’t based on fact at all. Sometimes regrets are just . . .� She searched for the appropriate term and found it. ‘A load of bullshit.�
