Everything was fine, and she had the rare, new sensation of being exactly where she wanted to be.
("One Day")
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He put one hand lightly on the back of her neck and simultaneously she placed one hand lightly on his hip, and they kissed in the street as all around them people hurried home in the summer light, and it was the sweetest kiss that either of them would ever know. This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today. And then it was over.David Nicholls
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