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“It is hard to bury your own children. It breaks your heart in a way no other death can ever do, for you are burying part of yourself in that grave.”
― Company of Liars
― Company of Liars
“So what if this bunch of beautiful poseurs didn’t think I looked like much? I knew the content of my own character, and I didn’t need their approval.”
― Black Wings
― Black Wings
“That's a thing people don't talk about enough - that there are people who will judge even the way you mourn your loved ones.”
― At Dark, I Become Loathsome
― At Dark, I Become Loathsome
“To love someone is firstly to confess: I'm prepared to be devastated by you.”
― A History of My Brief Body
― A History of My Brief Body
“Grief is not an illness, a diagnosis, or a constant state. Grief is the bruise after a blow. Blackening is normal. Swelling is normal. Then a rotten sort of putrid. Then it sinks beneath the skin, failing to mark you anymore, failing to excuse you, returning you to the masses before you’re ready. You’ll miss the black and blue because as soon as it fades, you go from “honoring” to—as your onlookers might say—“dwelling,” that damnable word.”
― Notes for the Everlost: A Field Guide to Grief
― Notes for the Everlost: A Field Guide to Grief
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