Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile — Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile — Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile — Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile — Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile — Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
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Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia,' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you.

— Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
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