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was limbo
noun
The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum).
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This was limbo.
She and her sisters and friends had views on such arranged marriages: a husband you detested they called "Hell", someone you could put up with was "Limbo", and someone you actually loved "Paradise".
Of course saying "aha, it was limbo all along" is just a marginally more profound way of saying "aha, it was a dream all along", a trope which became a cliche through overuse.
Higher ground was limbo, the place where you stand and say, "Now what?" I had a thousand possibilities of newness yet my fear of falling made me hold on to the numbness of normalcy for dear life, as if I let go of anything else I would disappear into a black hole and lose myself completely.
The fifth theme was "limbo" (difficulty in making progress through the system), which was influenced by failures in care in relation to the other four themes.
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What are "Limbo Songs"?
Today, their address is limbo.
"What is Limbo?" they ask their mother.
Life in the north is "limbo with alcohol".
The essence of those places seemed to be limbo, a dead child's closed eyes.
By all other practical means of appraisal, their dateline should be limbo.
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