He had the sudden urge to put his arms around her, but the look on her face said that if he made a move… — Pat Cadigan
He had the sudden urge to put his arms around her, but the look on her face said that if he made a move toward her, she would move away, and maybe she would keep moving away from him until the distance between them was too great to cross again in one lifetime.
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