“That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, and ugly words . . .”
― Debbie Howells, quote from The Bones of You
“I discover, too, that grief is different to different people. Comes in many guises. In shocked silences and closed doors around our village, as people try to shut it out. That a blank face or fleeting smile can hide the worst, most private kind of agony.”
― Debbie Howells, quote from The Bones of You
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“There is nothing more restless than men in power.”
― Dinaw Mengestu, quote from All Our Names
“Pensò al consiglio che gli aveva dato Tom, a quelle che, di fatto, erano state le sue ultime parole: se hai qualcosa da sistemare nella vita, devi farlo ora, finché puoi.
Per la prima volta da quando aveva memoria, Jimmy non si sentiva vuoto. Al contrario, era così pieno che stava quasi scoppiando. Non era un fantasma. “Non sono Tom,” disse ad alta voce. Nessuno si voltò a guardarlo.”
― Kim Fielding, quote from Rattlesnake
“You want to talk about right and wrong, you go to Sunday school. This ain’t about right and wrong. Someone try to hurt you, sure they doin’ wrong. But when they attack you, they are sending energy your way. Strong energy. And that energy belongs to you. You have every right to use it for your own purposes.”
― J.D. Horn, quote from The Line
“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.”
― Henry David Thoreau, quote from Walden and other writings
“One of the grubby truths about a loss is that you don't just mourn the dead person, you mourn the person you got to be when the lost one was alive. This loss might even be what affects you the most.”
― Meghan O'Rourke, quote from The Long Goodbye
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