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In retrospect, taken collectively, much of McCarthy’s work as an actor, filmmaker and journalist hinges on the friendship motif — that primordial ache to belong, that yearning to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times
The unremittingly positive little girl described her symptoms before she was diagnosed as "belly aches and everything, and I felt sick but other than that, I just felt like a normal person".
From BBC
"We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home."
From BBC
Increasingly I was spending the days as I did the nights, tossing on the thin straw pallet trying in vain to find a position in which all aches at once were eased.
From Literature
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The thought of a drink of water, and the hope of food, must have given new strength to my aching legs.
From Literature
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