“It's so damn hard to bloom… to change. Even when you want to change, want it more than anything in the world, it's hard. Desire to change isn't enough. Or desperation. Couldn't be done without… love.”

—  Dean Koontz , book Watchers

Part 1, Chapter 7.5; Nora's comment on her changes since meeting Travis
Watchers (1987)

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