“Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.”
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author
Source: The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
“I am not in love with him, I am in love with ghosts. So is he, he's in love with ghosts.”
— Michael Ondaatje, book The English Patient
Source: The English Patient
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