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Told by a kind and understanding 'Death' who is not at all malicious. The wording is more akin to prose than a novel, and I give credit to any book that causes me to cry when discussing how Death typically carries the departed over his shoulder, but
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“Darling,
You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
Your father”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
Your father”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It's easier to feel the sunlight without them, she said.”
― Story People
― Story People
“Love is the jelly to sunshine’s peanut butter. And if I tell you that I’m in sandwich with you, I’m not just saying it to get in your Ziploc bag.”
― Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.
― Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.
“I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think?”
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“When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people.
And now he was gone.”
― Alpha
And now he was gone.”
― Alpha
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