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“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“I’d been sad in Dublin, decided it was Dublin’s fault, and thought Hong Kong would help.”
― Exciting Times
― Exciting Times
“We went back and forth like that for a while. Sending each other the name of a film the other should watch, or books, or a song they should hear. We didn’t have permission to say what we wanted to say, and even if we did, there was no guarantee we would have done so. We kept to pop culture and the words of other people to speak for us.”
― Another Life
― Another Life
“I don't miss my name and I haven't bothered to replace it. I miss your name. I'm sorry but I have forgotten it, too. I don't look for it on the walls. The thought that I might read it and pass it by, just to go on to the next name is terrible. Like meeting you in another life and failing to recognize you.”
― It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
― It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
“The day before a cinema trip, I spent 400 Hong Kong dollars on a Jo Malone candle because I could imagine lighting it with her in the flat. For her, I'd burn a candle worth four hours' pay to me, i.e. one-sixth of a day, thinking: the other five-sixths are there, too, if you want them. It would glow purple against her face and her cheekbones would ridge like sand ripples.”
― Exciting Times
― Exciting Times
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