Erika Robuck Quotes

#1. Look at us. A line of symmetry. Two halves of a whole. Two peas in a pod. A pair of queens. Though your card, I must observe, has aged better than mine, which has been played too often.

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#2. Mariella felt as if there were signs all around her that losing what you loved was worse than never having it to begin with.

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#3. The past would haunt when the present let up, and always, always the future would loom with its certainty of tragedy and pain.

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#4. A storm of yellow notepads, broken pencils, papers, and books littered the tables and floor of the room, along with a collection of empty beer cans. It looked as if a party of wild librarians had just cleared out.

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#5. Company is a burden to those at home in the solitude of their souls.

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#6. The thing about trips is that all the trouble is in the anticipation.

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#7. I had withdrawn from the townspeople in as many ways as possible, thinking my isolation would be less painful if it came on my own terms.

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#8. I often thought grief was like madness - the lack of control, the overwhelming waves of emotion with unexpected triggers, breathlessness, night sweats, nightmares, and the feeling of utter aloneness, like that of standing on a ledge in a violent wind.

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#9. It was so good going down, but the aftertaste made you damn near hate it.

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#10. Remembrance. Even more, confession. It did always made the heavy things come loose.

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#11. Not longevity. Not peace. Not some chloroformed happiness. Not tranquility. They are all such common goals ... No. I want audacity. High color. Total independence.

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