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“I remember being scared that something must, surely, go wrong, if we were this happy, her and me, in the early days, when our love was settling into the shape of our lives like cake mixture reaching the corners of the tin as it swells and bakes.”
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
“Our house was a castle, turreted and open to the sky.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“There is much in this world that hurts us, but if we let pain become our master, we live our lives as slaves.”
― Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
― Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
“[Grief] is everything. It is the fabric of selfhood, and beautifully chaotic. It shares mathematical characteristics with many natural forms.”
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
“Maybe it doesn’t matter if you need someone during the everyday moments of your life. Maybe what matters is that when you need someone, they are the one you need. Maybe needing someone isn’t about not being able to do it without them. Maybe needing someone is about it being easier if they are by your side.”
― After I Do
― After I Do
The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub
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