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“...and she thought how sad it was that a single bad thing could turn you into a story, a matter to be whispered about. Tragedy was undiscerning and totally unfair.”

Grief Sadness Tragedy Gossip Grief And Loss

Book:Notes on an Execution

Source: Notes on an Execution

“You were impossible. Beyond help. You would never be more than your own creature self.”

Book:Notes on an Execution

Source: Notes on an Execution

“Grief was a loneliness that felt like a planet.”

Death Loss Grief Morning Loneliness

Book:Notes on an Execution

Source: Notes on an Execution

“Usually, I avoid mirrors. But today I'm hoping that the sight of my own body will help me place myself in the newly shifted universe.”

Death Loss Body Image

Book:Girl in Snow

Source: Girl in Snow

“But Saffy knew about catastrophe. It was arbitrary. A thing descended from nowhere, pointed a bony finger, and smirked. As if to say: I choose you.”

Loss Grief Tragedy Catastrophe

Book:Notes on an Execution

Source: Notes on an Execution

“Nostalgia is my favorite emotion. It's like, you think you know how to deal with the passage of time, but nostalgia will prove you wrong. You'll press your face into an old sweatshirt, or you'll look at a familiar shade of paint on a front door, and you'll be reminded of all the time that got away from you. If you could live it all again, you'd take a long moment to look around, to examine knees against knees. Nostalgia puts you in this dangerous re-creation of something you can never have again. It's ruthless, and for the most part, inaccurate.”

Book:Girl in Snow

Source: Girl in Snow

“Emotions shouldn't have names. I don't know why we bother talking about them, because emotions are never what they're supposed to be.”

Emotions Emotions And Feelings

Book:Girl in Snow

Source: Girl in Snow

“Some types of love were quieter than others.”

Love Love Quotes

Book:Girl in Snow

Source: Girl in Snow

“You’ll know it when you feel it, her mother said then. The right kind of love will eat you alive.”

Book:Notes on an Execution

Source: Notes on an Execution