“In any story the two hardest things to be are a widow or an orphan. Those are the bad cards to draw from the deck marked "life." Because those are the two moments the people you love the most die. It's heart break. Heart shatter. Heart starve. It's so much loss that it's easier if you just died and started the game over. But you can't. You have to wander. Part of it is losing your tribe and being homeless. Part of it is being alone in the dark. I won't lie to you. The deck marked "life" is stacked full of bum cards.” LifeDeathChallengesLossGriefHeartbreakMourningWidowsOrphansWidowhood Book:Everything Sad Is Untrue Source: Everything Sad Is Untrue
“To lose something you never had can be just as painful—because it is the hope of having it that you lose. The hope that in this world, there are magical fish who will give you advice and warning, when really, the future is unknowable and infinitely dangerous.” PainHopeLossMagicMysteryAdviceDangerFutureLosingWarnings Book:Everything Sad Is Untrue Source: Everything Sad Is Untrue
“To lose something you never had can be just as painful — because it is the hope of having it that you lose.” HopeLoss Book:Everything Sad Is Untrue Source: Everything Sad Is Untrue