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n. The road-like reflection of the moon on water.... more

adj. Pouring yourself wholeheartedly into something with creativity and love.... more

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

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

n. A fleeting glimpse of what might have been.... more

n. The desire to capture a fleeting experience.... more

n. The point in your mid-twenties when accountability for your own station in life sets in.... more

adj. Inexplicably moved by predictable and well-worn sentiments.... more

adj. Feeling uneasy when socializing with incompatible groups of people.... more

n. A person embodying your worst traits, serving as a negative role model.... more

n. The unsettling awareness of the world moving on in your absence.... more

n. A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet.... more

n. The act of deliberately squandering your time.... more

n. A tiny jolt of awareness that someday you will die, leaving you with a profound realization of life's impermanence.... more

n. The heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things.... more

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

n. The frustration of unintentionally embodying a stereotype.... more

n. The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.... more

n. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.... more

n. The frustration of being unable to fly despite shedding the burden of your own weight.... more

n. The self-contained pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning.... more

n. The ambient feeling of being a human being.... more

n. The lulling isolation of driving late at night.... more

n. The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.... more

adj. Afraid of being mentally deranged and everyone knowing but not mentioning it.... more