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The Bone Houses

Book by Emily Lloyd-Jones · 8 quotes · Loss, Death, Grief

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“This--this was what came after. Living. She would carry the dead with her, but now she wouldn't be burdened by them. They were a weight that would lessen with every step; not because the memories would fade, but because she'd be stronger for bearing them. And perhaps this was the truth about the dead. You went on. They'd want you to.”

Death Loss Grief Living Trauma

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“Atop the barn's roof, a lone chicken sat watching as figures began to emerge from the forest.”

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“She thought of her hand in his, of gripping his worn fingers with her small ones. She thought of an old dead woman in a rocking chair, because her daughter couldn't bear to leave. She thought of the Otherking, leaving his home because he could not stay. And she thought of a mother, holding her dead child and the broken cauldron of rebrith. Her hand tightened araound the broken spoon and she let the jagged waves of grief wash over her.”

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“Perhaps she could draw memories of him from these people like water from a well.”

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“Death doesn't frighten me. It never has. Losing people is what I fear. The uncertainty and the...not knowing.”

Life Death Loss Abandonment

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“She knew what it was to cling on, to grasp those small fragments of memory and try to live in them. Even if it meant not living at all.”

Loss Memory Nostalgia

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“Can you miss something before it's gone?" … "I think so. The anticipation of the loss hurts nearly as much as the loss itself. You find yourself trying to hold onto every detail, because you'll never have them again.”

Loss Missing Someone

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“She was half a wild creature that loved a graveyard, the first taste of misty night air, and the heft of a shovel. She knew how things died. And in her darkest moments, she feared she did not know how to live.”

Death Living Dead Wild Undead Emily Lloyd Jones Grave Digging Grave Digger The Bone Houses

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