Helen Garner :
'Course I care. I always care. But there's no point in making a song and dance about it, like that night he stayed here. Know something? There's only one thing that'll bring 'em back, and that's indifference. The one thing you can't fake.'
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Aid and Assistance
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Love
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Dance and Dancing
Gift it
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