Danialle Callihoo
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“She loves deep, winding conversations that go up and down, especially in the dead of night when everyone should be sleeping. She has forgotten the way conversations, really good ones, can change her-- shape-shift her like a tree. Sometimes leave her bare, sometimes leave her fuller.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“To mourn the death of a friend is to feel as if you are walking around with a vase, knowing you have to set it down but nowhere is obvious. Others will assure you that there’s no right way to do this. Put it anywhere. But you know better. You know that if you put your grief in a place that’s too prominent or too hidden, you will take it back when no one’s looking. This is why I spend my nights looking into the restaurant. I fantasize about keeping Russell in front of me for a little longer, asking him questions, knowing nothing either of us says will change the outcome. Each time the restaurant closes. Each time he drops me off at my door. Each time he walks off into the dark. And then he’s gone. And I am still holding this vase.”
― Grief Is for People
― Grief Is for People
“By living, I am, by default, leaving him.”
― Grief Is for People
― Grief Is for People
“Phoebe believes a loving mother gives a person a kind of confidence to exist that Phoebe never quite had.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“How difficult it is to love someone who was so wrong and who will never be right again.”
― Grief Is for People
― Grief Is for People
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