"[A] thousand memories and moments, words, the first darling, the second time Carol had met her at the store, a thousand memories of Carol's face, her voice, moments of anger and laughter flashed like the tail of a comet across her brain...and she did not have to ask if this was right, no one had to tell her, because this could not have been more right or perfect."

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

(Cover art by Matt Taylor for The New Yorker)

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