Joan Didion quote: The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets ...

The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago...

~ Joan Didion ~

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