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“And the boys were behind me, a tide-wall of laughter and yelling, hugging my legs, tripping and grabbing, leaping, spinning, stumbling, roaring, shrieking and the boys shouted I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU and their voice was the life and song of their mother. Unfinished. Beautiful. Everything.”
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― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
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― All the Little Live Things
“Our last impression of her as she turned the corner was that smile, flung backward like a handful of flowers.”
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― Crossing to Safety
“Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project.”
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― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
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