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“I heard he went home to Poughkeepsie and moved back in with his mom.”

— Francine Prose

“i liked feeling strong and was uncomfortable knowing that had vanished whne he left. was my happiness so completely tied to him now that…

— Paula McLain

“It was good for a while, being empty. I didn't hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself…

— Myra McEntire

“There was no escape for her. No relief. She had exhausted all possibilities and all her hope was gone, washed away...”

— Tonya Hurley

“She’d lost her fury, somewhere, as they’d talked. She didn’t feel it anymore. She wished she did, because she preferred it to the emptiness…

— Kristin Cashore

“Even now he could feel the start of the long journey, the leave taking, the going away from the self he had been.”

— Ray Bradbury

“This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“It was like missing a train-or something more important, something that would never come again. There was no explanation for the grief that suddenly…

— Anny Tyler

“If he couldn’t go back, he would just have to do things differently going forward. He felt how infinitely safer and more sound this…

— Lev Grossman

“It'd be okay,though.Jack knew where I was. He'd get help and bring it back...just like when he'd disappeared and left me stranded in the…

— Kiersten White

“Nothing moved him. No sense of remorse could knock him back into reaction; no tears of regret flowed from those weary eyes.This seemingly innocuous…

— Mehreen Ahmed

“He left slowly, as if he had to pry himself away before he something improper. A growing part of me wished he'd stayed.”

— Megan Shepherd