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Alexandra Fuller is a renowned author born in 1969. Her works are known for their vivid portrayal of life on the African savannah and wildlife, which have won her a wide readership.

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“But his body, so cold, so unrelentingly unmoving was beginning to belong back to Earth, a block of perfect marble into which, even now, I tried to press my own life, exhaling, exhaling, exhaling. It's fruitless, you know it's fruitless, but you do it anyway, entreating your dead son to return to this perfectly usable thing, this beautiful, still body, so umblemished, so strong, so midstride.”

Love Death Grief Mourning Death Of A Loved One Hopelessness

Book:Fi: A Memoir of My Son

Source: Fi: A Memoir of My Son

“You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost.”

Loss Grief Loss Of A Child

Book:Fi: A Memoir of My Son

Source: Fi: A Memoir of My Son

“The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been here before, are here now, will be here again.”

Inspirational Stories Grief

Book:Fi: A Memoir of My Son

Source: Fi: A Memoir of My Son

“One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this suffering, a promissory note for sagacity. Meantime, the actual suffering. I couldn't see my hand in front of my face, it was that dark.”

Wisdom Suffering Grief

Book:Fi: A Memoir of My Son

Source: Fi: A Memoir of My Son

“You learn not to mourn every little thing out here, or you’d never, ever stop grieving.”

Littles Grief Grieving Little Things Mourn

Author:Alexandra Fuller

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Born: 1969
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Quotes: 37

Books & Sources

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African ChildhoodRelated source material

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador ClassicRelated source material

Fi: A Memoir of My SonRelated source material

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of ForgetfulnessRelated source material

Leaving Before the Rains ComeRelated source material

Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African SoldierRelated source material

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