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“The truth about parenthood, he concludes, is that it “abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger.”
― London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
― London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
“One surreal feature of sudden loss is the manner in which moments of incredible pain can end up stitched into the more quotidian fabric of daily life.”
― London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
― London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
“Grief can function like a time machine. Life goes on: you return to work and celebrate the holidays and keep getting out of bed each day. Winter gives way to spring, one month leads to the next. But in your mind you keep getting jerked back to these specific painful moments in the past.”
― London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
― London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
“Life is full of contradictions; just read the Bible.”
― Laws of Love and Logic
― Laws of Love and Logic
“People die of loneliness. It happens all the time. And he thought: Yes, that was correct. People do die of loneliness, and I am—or will be—one of them.”
― The Things We Never Say
― The Things We Never Say
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