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“But I cannot always run, and each time I am forced to squarely confront my grief—when I read the death certificate, when I draft a death announcement—I feel a shimmering panic. In such moments, I notice a curious physical reaction: my body begins to shake, fingers tap uncontrollably, one leg bobbing. I am unable to quiet myself until I look away. How do people walk around functioning in the world after losing a beloved father? For the first time in my life, I am enamored of sleeping pills, and, in the middle of a shower or a meal, I burst into tears.”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“It is instinctive my recoiling. I imagine the confusion of some relatives, their disapproval even, when faced with my withdrawal; the calls I leave unanswered, the messages unread..”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“A good scientist must remain curious, open-minded, humble, and above all, obedient to the data, and to the facts.”
― When Women Were Dragons
― When Women Were Dragons
“And you’ll miss me more as the narrowing weeks wing by. Someday duly, oneday truly, twosday newly, till whensday.”
― Finnegans Wake
― Finnegans Wake
“Is it possible to be possessive of one's pain?”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
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