Dissonance, n. Nights when I need to sleep and you can't. Days when I want to talk to you and you won't. Hours when every noise you make interferes with my silence. Weeks when there is a buzzing in the air, and we both pretend we don't here it.
The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011) - ISBN: 9781429994309