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“Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.”
― Joseph Addison

tags: daughter, father

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“The graveyard is an everlasting home of every man.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

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“Memories is all that you have, which help you survive the storms and struggles of your daily life after you lose someone!”
― Nikita Dudani

tags: death-and-love, death-of-a-loved-one, loss, loss-of-family, loss-of-love, memories, memories-with-mom

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“It hurts when they're gone. And it doesn't matter if it's slow or fast, whether it's a long drawn-out disease or an unexpected accident. When they're gone the world turns upside down and you're left holding on, trying not to fall off.”
― Walter Mosley, Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore

tags: death, death-of-a-loved-one, grief

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“I'd love to know how Dad saw me when I was 6. I'd love to know a hundred things. When a parent dies, a filing cabinet full of all the fascinating stuff also ceases to exist. I never imagined how hungry I'd be one day to look inside it.”
― David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

tags: fathers, grief, memories, parents

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