“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
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“If I could drown in sleep as I drown in fear, I would be no longer alive.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
“You don't realize it," came the whisper, "but, one day, this too will be the past and you will come to mourn it."
"You will come to mourn it.”
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"You will come to mourn it.”
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“We were always going to say goodbye, weren’t we?”
“Yeah. I think so.”
“I loved you though. I loved you so much.”
A pause.
“I know. I know.
“I loved you too.”
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“Yeah. I think so.”
“I loved you though. I loved you so much.”
A pause.
“I know. I know.
“I loved you too.”
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“It is August: the true ending of a year. I've grown sick from trying to love who I am.”
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