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minimalist_coach t1_ixw74p5 wrote

Dust motes. I started noticing its use late last year and I will say that it's been used in 75% of the books that I've read in every single genre.

Digging nails into palms to keep emotions under control is another phrase that I've read so many times in the past year, again in all genres.

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jeepressed t1_ixw8jdz wrote

Or taking note of the crescent moon lines left in the skin of the palm when the character didn't realize they were digging their nails into their palm

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