“I can’t take this, the waiting!” she muttered. “Just wake me up when I’m married…” From across the street, the woman looked up, and smiled

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leasantly and well-suited I walk,
Whither I walk I cannot define, but I know it is good,
The whole universe indicates that it is good,
The past and the present indicate that it is good.
—Walt Whitman, “To Think of Time”
“He’s an idiot if he takes this long.” Tzippy cracked her gum loudly, and Avigail winced. “He’s not worth it. He’s crazy! My friend, same thing happened—”
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