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n. Anything you could put on or between slices of bread.... more

n. The time needed to eat a banana.... more

n. Mark left on skin by tight clothing.... more

n. The interconnectedness of humanity and human kindness.... more

n. Silent understanding between two people, both unwilling to act.... more

n. The twinkle in your eye when meeting someone new.... more

adj. The color of a faded, dying leaf.... more

v. Searching for something in water using only your feet.... more

n. The suspension of disbelief in storytelling.... more

adj. Intuitively feeling that someone is a good person upon first meeting.... more

n. Repeatedly checking if someone is coming.... more

n. The euphoria of falling in love.... more

n. The itch on the upper lip before drinking whiskey.... more

n. Pride from knowing you're unconditionally loved.... more

n. Time on a grand cosmological scale.... more

n. Hesitating when introducing someone because you've forgotten their name.... more

n. The fear that learning the name of something will ruin its mystery.... more

n. A glint of goodness you notice in someone unexpectedly.... more

n. The maddening thrill of an ambiguous flirtation, quivering between platonic and romantic.... more

n. Something you've misunderstood for years without knowing it.... more

n. The age at which you become older than your parents were when you were born.... more

n. The otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 a.m.... more

n. A condition of having an active social life but very few close friends.... more

n. The brooding delirium of being sick that makes time slow and tasks monumental struggles.... more

n. The bittersweetness of finally learning the outcomes of events in the future but being unable to inform your past self.... more

n. The fear of being shaped by circumstances and stimuli rather than by conscious choice.... more

n. The desire to see your memories in advance.... more

n. The awareness that the present moment will eventually turn into a memory.... more

n. A hypothetical conversation played out in one's head that is more satisfying than real-life interactions.... more

n. The inability to determine the appropriate level of sympathy for one's situation.... more

n. The awareness that everyone has a story.... more