“He always knew that my temple was a house of cards. His only way of making me realize the fact was to knock it down.”
― 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
“Oh God, God, why did you take such trouble to force this creature out of its shell if it is now doomed to crawl back -- to be sucked back -- into it?”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“But I know this is impossible. I know that the thing I want is exactly the thing I can never get. The old life, the jokes, the drinks, the arguments, the lovemaking, the tiny, heartbreaking commonplace.”
― 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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