“Yesterday upon the stairI met a man who wasn’t thereHe wasn’t there again todayOh, how I wish he’d go awayWhen I came home last night at threeThe man was waiting there for meBut when I looked around the hallI couldn’t see him there at all!Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the doorLast night I saw upon the stairA little man who wasn’t thereHe wasn’t there again todayOh, how I wish he’d go awayAntigonish (1899)”

“Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today, I wish to hell he'd go away.”

“The other day upon the stair, I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today; how I wish he'd go away!"~Gabrielle O'Callaghan towards Adam Black”

“As I was sitting in my chair,I knew the bottom wasn't there,Nor legs nor back, but I just sat,Ignoring little things like that.”

“I went over and over everything that had ever happened between us. I couldn’t keep doing it, going back and fourth, holding her close and then pushing her away. It wasn’t right”

“I said I wasn’t going to fight with you about Jared anymore, I never said I wasn’t going to fight for you.”

“I was even a little glad that if it wasn’t going to be me she wanted, it was going to be someone who really deserved her.”