Quote from Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (what could have been)

How was it possible to miss something you no longer wanted? Blaine needed what she was unable to give and she needed what he was unable to give, and she grieved this, the loss of what could have been.

Source: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie »

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