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he? “Strange seeing you again,” he spoke in a broken whisper, his eyes
“I'm scared, but I need to get out of this room. I need to find ways to distract the gnawing pain that feeds off of every surface of my body.”
― If You Could Be Mine
― If You Could Be Mine
“Does it go away?" she asks. "Missing each other?"
I think about how much I missed Maman. I still do, though it isn´t as acute as it once was.
"A little bit," I whisper.
"Enough so that life continues. In a year you won´t even think about me. " She turns around in my arms and looks up at me, tugging at a strand of my hair.
"don´t say stupid things, Sahar. You´re smarter than that.”
― If You Could Be Mine
I think about how much I missed Maman. I still do, though it isn´t as acute as it once was.
"A little bit," I whisper.
"Enough so that life continues. In a year you won´t even think about me. " She turns around in my arms and looks up at me, tugging at a strand of my hair.
"don´t say stupid things, Sahar. You´re smarter than that.”
― If You Could Be Mine
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“No. I don´t think it does go away. I know it won´t for me. I will keep busy. I will distract myself. I will eventually have days when I don´t have to remind myself to breathe. I know Nasrin will exist, maybe even be happy, and I will be okay. I ´ll bury my love, but it will never really go away.”
― If You Could Be Mine
― If You Could Be Mine
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