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“…there is no nakedness that compares to being naked in front of someone for the first time.”
― A Widow for One Year
― A Widow for One Year
“It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done so. (...) She looked to be in such total possession of her life that only the most confident men could continue to look at her if she looked back at them. Even in bus stations, she was a woman who was stared at only until she looked back.”
― The World According to Garp
― The World According to Garp
“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
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“Keep passing the open windows.”
― The Hotel New Hampshire
― The Hotel New Hampshire
“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that are gone. Just when the day comes—when there's a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that she's gone, forever—there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
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