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Saltwater & Smoke: Poems of Almosts, Goodbyes, and What We Leave Behind

Book by Mason Carter · 8 quotes · Heartbreak, Love Quotes, Broken Hearted

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“You were a language I learned by ear, syllables pressed into the curve of my neck, intonations traced along my spine. But love, I have forgotten how to conjugate us— the past imperfect, the future conditional, sentences unraveling into tenses that no longer hold.”

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“It should weigh nothing. Just wood and air, a shape meant for sitting, a space meant for filling. But somehow, it carries more than I do. This chair— your chair— still leans slightly to the left, still remembers the way you sat, one leg tucked under, hands resting lightly on the arms, as if you were always about to leave but never quite did.”

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“I have mastered the art of vanishing without ever leaving the room. I sit at tables where no one saves me a seat, where voices rise and fall like tides, but never crash against my shore. I nod, I smile, I speak— but my words evaporate midair, unanswered, unheard, like a prayer swallowed by an empty church.”

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“The walls still hold your voice, thin as dust, settled into the cracks, soft enough that if I press my ear close, I swear I hear you breathing. The air is thick with almost-words, syllables that never found a home, sentences that collapsed before they reached my mouth.”

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