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“Maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life— and the people we love—will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic.”
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
“while a mother who miscarries might not have ever had the chance to hold that child, they had plenty. of time to love them, to dream and hope for them. And that means their grief is twofold - they're not just grieving the child, but the life they never got to experience. Who are we to tell anyone their pain isn't worthy?”
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
“Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.”
― Metamorphosis
― Metamorphosis
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― The Metamorphosis
― The Metamorphosis
“It frustrated me that society. was so determined to quantify grief, as if time could erase the potency of love.”
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
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