We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep;…

David Levithan
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We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen. ✨ David Levithan (2014). How They Met and Other Stories, p.108, Egmont UK
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