Love cannot be measured by its duration…
—Hanif Kureishi
If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity—to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future—a declaration that things can be not only different but better.
—Hanif Kureishi
Nothing can be repaired or advanced but only accepted
—Hanif Kureishi
How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.
—Hanif Kureishi
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