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It would be wonderful to say you regretted it. It would be easy. But what does it mean? What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It's what you can bear. There it is. No-one's going to forgive me. It was death. I chose life.

— Michael Cunningham

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Source: and David Hare, The Hours; the character Laura Brown is talking about her decision to abandon her husband and children.
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