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There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.

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You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to run out of people to love.

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How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them.

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It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise ultimately defiant act of loving one thing and then ...more

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The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things it can kill.