Meg Wolitzer - The Uncoupling (2011)

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But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their child the way they did.

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People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness.

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The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.

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New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but then they died away as the teacher was absorbed like everyone else...before you knew it, the fresh ones seemed to have been teaching there forever too, or else they didn't last very long, and were gone before you'd gotten to know them.

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Being a teacher at a restaurant in the town where you lived was a little like being a TV star...

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