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“Grief, he explained to me gently, is a process that has only a beginning. We work through it, not get over it.”

“Civil war is always about personal gain, no matter what the mob thinks as they die.”

“Fear is a lack of control, realized.”

“Grief never really leaves you, but at some point it becomes remembered rather than enveloping.”

“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone.”

“She explained through choking sober that without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.”