How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?  Steve Martin

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No, what I felt was the torment of waiting, stuck between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next which might or might not bring a hail storm, plane crash, poetic justice, or a miraculous reversal. Nicole Krauss

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Mattie was in love with Daniel, of course; this was the X within the circle on her map: I love Daniel.  Anne Lamott

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‘Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.’ Neil Gaiman

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