Dave Oram’s Reviews > Granta 117: Horror > Status Update

They had been married for sixty years. [...] And even now I can see the sorrow in his eyes as he watched her disappear. He wept as if his bones ached.

But as she passed away, her face looked relaxed and calm, almost as if she was telling him: it is time for me to go to sleep. There is nothing to cry about. We will see each other soon.

Witnessing her death, I understand the meaning of love.

Pg.128

"Your eyes water up when you watch certain movies, you have dropped tears onto the pages of numerous books, you have cried at moments of immense personal sorrow, but death freezes you and shuts you down, robbing you of all emotion, all affect, all connection to your own heart. From the very beginning, you have gone dead in the face of death[...].
PG. 36 (Your Birthday Has Come and Gone - Paul Auster)

"Your eyes water up when you watch certain movies, you have dropped tears onto the pages of numerous books, you have cried at moments of immense personal sorrow, but death freezes you and shuts you down, robbing you of all emotion, all affect, all connection to your own heart. From the very beginning, you have gone dead in the face of death[...].
PG. 36