“She said that everything that disappeared from our side went over to theirs, where they kept living normal lives, waiting for the things still lingering with us to join them, and make the world whole once more.” SadDisappearBittersweetEndingPsychicThe Other SideAlexandra KleemanIntimationsThe Afterlife Book:Intimations: Stories Source: Intimations: Stories
“I was always telling you about problems you couldn't fix, as though multiplying badness could dilute it.” SadProblems In Life Book:You, Disappearing Source: You, Disappearing
“She felt sad, but she hadn't cried all day. She thought that crying would actually be a good thing right now. It seemed normal to react. Whoever Martin had been, he had probably been a normal person. He was probably having a normal reaction right now, and she had caused it. She felt bad for confusing him. She thought it might be fair to cry for him. But it wasn’t until she thought of the mother cows in the pasture the day after the weaning, wandering around singly in the naked sunshine, still trying to call out in their hoarse, broken voices for the young ones that were still missing, that she was finally able to make herself cry—a little bit for all of the calves, but mostly for herself.” SadCryingReactionAlexandra KleemanIntimations Book:Intimations: Stories Source: Intimations: Stories
“I had seen the few things I cared about forget me seamlessly. I had seen the life I never really fit into heal up around my absence like a wound scabbed over.” SadForgottenAbsenceAlexandra Kleeman Book:You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine Source: You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine