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am taking something that our culture has stopped freely giving: the right to grieve. To shut out the world and its demands.
“I merely wish for the bereaved some time and space, however long, however short, for melancholy—what Victor Hugo described as the happiness of being sad.”
― Memorial Days
― Memorial Days
“I have written this because I needed to do it. Part of the treatment for “complicated grief” is to relive the trauma of the death, returning to the moments again and again, striving each time to recall more detail. That’s what I have tried to do.”
― Memorial Days
― Memorial Days
“He’s still with us through those books on our bedside tables, by the tub, in our handbags, and on our reading chairs—in our hearts, in our minds, in his words. At his best, whenever we choose to seek him out. Given the inevitability of loss, I can think of no greater consolation than that.”
― Memorial Days
― Memorial Days
“I’m not sure if our modern secular world has the capacity to come up with a gentler way of dealing with bereavement.”
― Memorial Days
― Memorial Days
“A memorial is like a joyless wedding, one to which the whole world is invited, and of that infinite set of possible guests, you have only a vague idea how many will show up. The imperative to get it right—to do justice to the life—is immense. It is another thing that a grieving person is ill-equipped to do.”
― Memorial Days
― Memorial Days
Nicole’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nicole’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
688 books
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67 friends
2,556 books
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4,526 friends
250 books
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175 friends
3,649 books
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147 friends
813 books
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123 friends
2,430 books
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54 friends
373 books
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353 friends
340 books
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119 friends
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