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> [“I wished I were somewhere with him, instead of there. I was feeling like some kind of strangely shaped balloon whose string he was holding, and if he let go, I’d float off into the ether.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-dellaira/i-wished-i-were-somewhere-with-him-instead-of-there-i-was-feeling/)

[Ava Dellaira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-dellaira/)

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> [“There was life after Joe. There had to be, hadn't there? I just wished that instead of my constantly having to muster every scrap of my strength in order to feel normal, it would happen of its own accord. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-fox/there-was-life-after-joe-there-had-to-be-hadn-t-there-i-just-wished/)

[Harper Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-fox/)

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