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“But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“Time softens memories, sanding down the rough edges of death.”
― The Law of Moses
― The Law of Moses
“Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“What do you want from me?" he asks.
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
More.”
― Jellicoe Road
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
More.”
― Jellicoe Road
“When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life.
That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin.
And this was her penance.
Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin.
And this was her penance.
Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
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