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“Miranda waited, then said, 'But what will I do for a whole year?' Neither of them answered her. She supposed the answer was, Get better. The thought of a slow and measured crawl back to health filled her with black sand.”

Book:White Is for Witching

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“Three creaks. She stepped three times. What is the meaning of it? Three creaks, three weeks? If she comes back for her shoes in three days, then I only need to empty them another three times. If it really is three weeks that were meant, what then. If three months, what then. Three years. That's why I had to write it down now. By then I may no longer believe I heard anything in Miri's room.”

Waiting Horror Sad Haunting Ending Helen Oyeyemi Last Lines White Is For Witching

Book:White Is for Witching

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“This time, though, he was waiting for a reason. The process itself might be mind-crushingly boring, but if he stuck it out, the end result would hopefully be worth it.”

Waiting Patience

Book:Three Amazing Things About You

Source: Three Amazing Things About You

“In the Midwest... winter is an exercise in waiting — for relief, for a bird to sing, for the first purple crocus to push up through the snow.”

Waiting Patience Winter

Book:Becoming

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“The waiting means one gambles every minute of its life.”

Waiting

Author:Ehsan Sehgal

“love me it's your play I say”

Poetry Waiting Unrequited Love Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour Love Me Reciprocation

Book:The Galloping Hour: French Poems

Source: The Galloping Hour: French Poems

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