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“They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“For in grief nothing 'stays put.' One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“And no one ever told me about the laziness of grief. Except at my job--where the machine seems to run on much as usual--I loathe the slightest effort. Not only writing but even reading a letter is too much.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
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