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“Why was i nevertheless able to break down my walls and find him?”

— Kyung-sook Shin

“I wanted to build walls around him, I wanted to separate inside from outside, I wanted to give him an infinitely long blank book…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“- he could do charming things, if only he had known how to finish them!”

— Edith Wharton

“He was his own worst enemy, al­ways ta­king sim­ple things and ma­king them com­pli­ca­ted.”

— Kate Sherwood

“The rest of it spilled out in an incoherent jumble, but he nodded every once in a while. I liked that about him. He…

— Lili St. Crow

“I had found him again, and with him, my world had become completely unwound. It was messy and impulsive, naïve and irrational, and somehow,…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“The more time he spent with him, the more complex his feelings became. He was slowly peeling away the layers of the cocky man…

— Ella Frank

“His walls were gone. Left somewhere back at the airport where he’d had to tear through them to chase me down. Because that’s what…

— Fae Quin

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

“Surprisingly he wasn't overwhelmed... He wasn't part of this strange world. He as a visitor, transient, and knew he could return to the safety…

— Phaedra Patrick

“He takes up too much room, on the divan and in one's mind. It is simply impossible for me, in his presence, think of…

— Alice Munro

“It was another one of his enigmatic brainteasers that he never elaborated on. I should have pressed for more, but I was too busy…

— Jodi Ellen Malpas