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“We were engaged in a very intricate dance of touching without touching, knowing without saying, and feeling without expressing. We were friends walking along…

— Rebecca Donovan

“Some mornings I walked out into the courtyard and every living thing there, the seagulls and wagtails, the small trees, and even the stray…

— Nelson Mandela

“In the process of trying to steady my gait in a life that shook with uncertainty, I learned to make peace with the present…

— Susan Abulhawa

“I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the…

— Roman Payne

“I sprinted down the alley, not fast enough to avoid the cold water rolling down my back, with a childlike shriek. I caught his…

— Veronica Roth

“We had, I felt, bared small pieces of our symmetrical souls to each other, fast, as if playing one of those breathless card games,…

— Olivia Sudjic

“I felt a pang -- a strange and inexplicable pang that I had never felt before. It was homesickness. Now, even more than I…

— Alan Bradley

“It felt as if everything that had happened so far in my life had been leading me to this point, preparing me for this…

— Roz Savage

“From this moment on, I thought, from this moment on—I had, as I’d never before in my life, the distinct feeling of arriving somewhere…

— André Aciman

“I rose to standing, like Lars upon the barbican, the dark city spread at my feet. Lights twinkled in tavern windows, bobbed at the…

— Rachel Hartman

“His body was as powerful as ever, looking as strong and exciting and cut as it did in my fantasies. He owned me in…

— Cara McKenna

“And, as I traveled farther and farther, exploring the rich, sweet soul of her, my sense of pleasant friendship became but a broad foundation…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman