All my life I’ve believed that things happened to me. The awful things—childhood, my mad/dead mother, disappearing father. That because she had to raise me, I lost Winsome as a sister. Your father not succeeding, this house, living
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“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
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“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
Norwood Mama Booklovers
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— last activity Jun 29, 2024 05:43PM
A place to keep track of our book club reads and share thoughts, ideas, questions, book recommendations, etc. between meetings. Unfortunately, the gr ...more
Bereavement Book Club
— 256 members
— last activity Jan 07, 2026 07:31AM
Let's Talk About Loss is proud to run the Bereavement Book Club. Many people find reading books so helpful for understanding and living with loss. For ...more
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