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“That's what only words can do-- Prod us toward something new & in doing so, move us closer -> together.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

Source: Call Us What We Carry

“The hardest part of grief Is giving it a name. The pain pulls us apart, Like lips about to speak. Without language nothing can live At all, let alone Beyond itself. Lost as we feel, there is no better Compass than compassion. We find ourselves not by being The most seen, but the most seeing.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

Source: Call Us What We Carry

“We can only fully understand language by what doesn't survive it.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

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