“Often when we realize how precious those seconds are, it's too late for them to be captured because the moment has passed. We realize too late.”
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“Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes.Sometimes, people can discover you, even though they've been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we're not paying enough attention.”
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“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can't tell fast enough, the ears that aren't big enough, the eyes that can't take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Anyway, it doesn't matter how much, how often, or how closely you keep an eye on things because you can't control it. Sometimes things and people just go. Just like that.”
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“Missing someone, they say, is self-centered.
I self-center you more than ever.”
― How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
I self-center you more than ever.”
― How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
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