We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest, struggling at length to blind unreasoning panic — now mercifully stilled, thank God — might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion as it had before.
~ Daphne du Maurier
We Can Never Go Back Again
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du Maurier was an interesting woman – a tomboy more at ease in rough and tumble clothing than dresses, a devoted mother, a solitary writer. She created one of the most iconic woman of al time – Rebecca – as well as many other great stories.