“Grief is a swallow,' he said. 'One day you wake up and you think it's gone, but it's only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.” Grief Book:10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Source: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
“You don't share a language, you think, and then you realise, grief is a language. We understand each other, people with troubled pasts.” Grief Book:The Island of Missing Trees Source: The Island of Missing Trees
“I can’t sleep at night, and during the day I only wander around. I am here and I am not here—a ghost among people. I can’t help feeling cross at everyone. How can they go on living their lives as if nothing has changed?” Grief Book:The Forty Rules of Love Source: The Forty Rules of Love