I Thought We Would Have More Time

Stop waiting and whispering, and dance!

Aimee Liu
Human Parts
Published in
5 min readJan 2, 2023

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It was like something whispering at us to hurry, to stop wasting time, and I would like to have danced with you through the back door, out into the garden, down the street, over the line of the horizon. Oh, my dear. I thought we would have more time. Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries

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Aimee Liu
Human Parts

Author, Asian-American novels (Glorious Boy), nonfiction on eating disorders (Gaining), writing, wellness. Published @Hachette. MFA & more@ aimeeliu.net