“I'd never been turned on by the Ken doll—even before I looked down his pants and saw what was missing.”

“I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.”

Emma Donoghue (1969) Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian

“They look down
At the ground,
Missing.
But I never go in now.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“I missed you even when I was with you. That’s been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lot. Before that I'd never even thought about killing myself.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“The man was hit in one eye by a stone, and that eye turned inward so that it looked into his mind, and he died of what he saw there”

Patricia A. McKillip book The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

“Boy I tell you what, if I were a girl, I'd never shave! I'd look like I'm smuggling around Chewbacca in my underbritches!”

Larry the Cable Guy (1963) American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist, voice artist

“Our eyelashes brushed like they would weave together by themselves, turning us into one wild thing. I say, “I think I missed you before I met you even.”

Francesca Lia Block (1962) American children's writer

“As she shuffled back, he glanced down at the tent between his legs. Christ, that goddamn thing in there was huge; he looked like he had another arm in his pants.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

“Didn't I say I'd always be your same stars? If you get to missing me, just look up.”

Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019) novelist from the United States