This, she thought, isnโt just for today. Itโs for everything. For the heartache that still felt like a punch in the gut each time it struck, fresh as new, at unpredictable moments; for the smiling lies and the mental images she couldnโt shake; for the shame of having been so naive. For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieveโlike the soulโs version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable. โจ Laini Taylor (2011). Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, p.20, Hachette UK
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