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The Girl on the Train
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I'm going to feel terrible all day, it's going to come in waves-stronger then weaker then stronger again—that twist in the pit of my stomach, the anguish of shame, the heat coming to my face, my eyes squeezed tight as though I could make it all disappear.†
p. 16.6

anguish = extreme pain, suffering, or distress
The cameras pan away from him to Scott, sitting hunched and uncomfortable, blinking in the light of the cameras, his face a twist of anguish.†
p. 183.4
"I am a guilty man," he says, his face a twist of anguish.†
p. 228.7
"I'm sorry," I say, and I mean it, because although I'm shocked to hear the words, to imagine that he could speak to her like that, I know what it is to love someone and to say the most terrible things to them, in anger or anguish.†
p. 229.2
At first she's repeating give her to me, give her to me, but then it's just an indistinguishable howl of fury and anguish.†
p. 367.7 *

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