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> [“A life was a secret thing, even between a husband and wife. Your secret life was completely your own, and because it was unknown, would never be mourned. The secret life of each individual went unhonored through eternity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/a-life-was-a-secret-thing-even-between-a-husband-and-wife-your-secret/)

[Steve Rasnic Tem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rasnic-tem/)

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## More by Steve Rasnic Tem

> [I was never very good with either my hands or feet. It always seemed to me they'd just been stuck on as an afterthought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/i-was-never-very-good-with-either-my-hands-or-feet-it-always-seemed/)

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> [For most of my life I've been a listener. At least in the beginning, I think the reason I listened so intently was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/for-most-of-my-life-i-ve-been-a-listener-at-least-in-the-beginning-i/)

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> [“Imagination transforms one substance into another. It changes what is into what might be, what was into what might have been. Straw becomes gold,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/imagination-transforms-one-substance-into-another-it-changes-what-is/)

[Steve Rasnic Tem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rasnic-tem/)

> [“Everything is dangerous. Even in your dreams. Even if you sleep without dreams. From the moment you jump out of bed and take that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/everything-is-dangerous-even-in-your-dreams-even-if-you-sleep-without/)

[Steve Rasnic Tem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rasnic-tem/)

> [The world is full of horror. Our imaginations struggle to keep up. It would be a poor life without imagining. I’m not sure we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/the-world-is-full-of-horror-our-imaginations-struggle-to-keep-up-it/)

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> [If you love someone, they leave you. But if you don't love someone, they leave you, too. So your choice isn't between loving and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/if-you-love-someone-they-leave-you-but-if-you-don-t-love-someone-they/)

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> [“Obviously. It seems to be in the nature of adulthood that we venerate the past, grieve its obsolescence, and even live there in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/obviously-it-seems-to-be-in-the-nature-of-adulthood-that-we-venerate/)

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> [“Sometimes I wait at the bottom of those dark stairs, I sit at the bottom of the stairs, I wait beyond the bottom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/sometimes-i-wait-at-the-bottom-of-those-dark-stairs-i-sit-at-the/)

[Steve Rasnic Tem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rasnic-tem/)

> [“I would have imagined that to be unimaginable. Sometimes I still do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/i-would-have-imagined-that-to-be-unimaginable-sometimes-i-still-do/)

[Steve Rasnic Tem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rasnic-tem/)

> [“A life was a secret thing, even between a husband and wife. Your secret life was completely your own, and because it was unknown,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/a-life-was-a-secret-thing-even-between-a-husband-and-wife-your-secret/)

[Steve Rasnic Tem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rasnic-tem/)

> [The strongest presence is so often an absence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/the-strongest-presence-is-so-often-an-absence/)

[Steve Rasnic Tem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rasnic-tem/)

> [For so long I have lived on the edge of an invisible world. Sometimes I feel like the scattered debris left over after the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rasnic-tem/for-so-long-i-have-lived-on-the-edge-of-an-invisible-world-sometimes/)

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