“She was the spare room that never got tidied, the e-mail that never got answered, the loan that never got repaid, the symptom that never got described to a doctor.”
“...a capital patient, as she never died and never got well.”
“One couple described the effects as being, “dated hard, married quick, and then ignored.” They got into church alright, but the church never got into them; they were let in easily enough, but they never felt they were counted on.”
“Rock Band never got anybody a date. Never.”
“he never really got over how she sparkled”
“Oh, she's got so in the habit of living she'll never die.”