20 books
—
50 voters
Loss
“
You’ll get over it…” It’s the clichés that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You don’t get over it because ‘it” is the person you loved. The pain stops, there are new people, but the gap never closes. How could it? The particularness of someone who mattered enough to grieve over is not made anodyne by death. This hole in my heart is in the shape of you and no-one else can fit it. Why would I want them to?
”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“
That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.
...more
”
― Mockingjay
― Mockingjay
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
25,421 members,
last active 4 hours ago
Coyote Summer is here! Ask J.S. Kapchinske about the book (or anything else) between April 23, 2…more
2 members,
last active 13 years ago
Literature Enrichment program
1 member,
last active 13 years ago
The New Year is always a good time to focus on how to live your life fully, as this is the subje…more
9 members,
last active 14 years ago
