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title: "7 Phantom Limb Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“The thing is, you can cut off a couple passions and only focus on one, but after a while, you’ll start to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/the-thing-is-you-can-cut-off-a-couple-passions-and-only-focus-on-one/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/austin-kleon-1835_start-feel_the-thing-is-you-can-cut-off-a-couple-pa_6491.png)

> [“Oedipa sat on the earth, ass getting cold, wondering whether, as Driblette had suggested that night from the shower, some version of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/oedipa-sat-on-the-earth-ass-getting-cold-wondering-whether-as/)

[Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/thomas-pynchon-533_nature_oedipa-sat-on-the-earth-ass-getting-cold_1195981.jpg)

> [“if someone you loved died, someone who you were really close to, would they be like a phantom limb, still attached to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-november/if-someone-you-loved-died-someone-who-you-were-really-close-to-would/)

[Sharyn November](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-november/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/sharyn-november-71950_quote_if-someone-you-loved-died-someone-who-yo_1395814.jpg)

> [“She suffered from the opposite of "phantom limb" syndrome; something essential appeared to be present, but it was not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-bloom/she-suffered-from-the-opposite-of-phantom-limb-syndrome-something/)

[Amy Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-bloom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/amy-bloom-4288_limb_she-suffered-from-the-opposite-of-phanto_2344973.png)

> [Martin said, "It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where it—she—is waiting for me. Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-my-self-has-detached-and-gone/)

[Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/audrey-niffenegger-1298_absence_martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-m_2590316.jpg)

> [She never got a chance to fall out of love, to do it properly, slowly and thoroughly, and the result was he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dunn/she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-love-to-do-it-properly-slowly/)

[Sarah Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dunn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/sarah-dunn-15457_chance_she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-lo_2769372.png)

> [“I once saw a show about an amputee who lost his leg and still feels it. He actually wakes up at night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/i-once-saw-a-show-about-an-amputee-who-lost-his-leg-and-still-feels/)

[Sophie Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-jordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/sophie-jordan-3528_amputee_i-once-saw-a-show-about-an-amputee-who-l_3114168.jpg)

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