‘Perhaps our childhoods are buried inside all of us. Perhaps they set the pattern for our futures,’ I suggested. ‘In that case I am doomed by mine,’ … - Nick Drake

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‘Perhaps our childhoods are buried inside all of us. Perhaps they set the pattern for our futures,’ I suggested.
‘In that case I am doomed by mine,’ she said without self-pity.
‘Perhaps not, for you are aware of it,’ I said.