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“Never' has come to say. 'Never' feels so unfairly punitive. For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there.”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“I liked to call him 'a gentle man and a gentleman'.”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“How is it that the world keeps going, breathing in and out unchanged, while in my soul there is a permanent scattering?”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“I finally understand why people get tattoos of those they have lost. The need to proclaim not merely the loss but the love, the continuity. I am my father’s daughter. It is an act of resistance and refusal: grief telling you it is over and your heart saying it is not; grief trying to shrink your love to the past and your heart saying it is present.”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
Katy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Katy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
715 books
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223 friends
186 books
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60 friends
382 books
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254 friends
387 books
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189 friends
1,302 books
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47 friends
1,148 books
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16 friends
1,649 books
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45 friends
404 books
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13 friends
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