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“She did not know how to grieve in the context of her life.”

Life Death Loss Grief Grieving Mourning

Book:The Third Hotel

Source: The Third Hotel

“My point here is that the grieving are very dangerous, Richard said. They are like injured animals with fearsome claws, bloodied and pushed into a corner. Okay, said Clare. They are deranged, he continued. They shouldn't be let out of the house. Immediately after the funeral some sort of waiting period should be instituted, a period of confinement. It is a matter of public safety.”

Death Loss Grief Danger Safety Grieving Mourning

Book:The Third Hotel

Source: The Third Hotel

“It was brutal, the mortality contract. It came for everyone and no one was prepared.”

Death Loss Grief Grieving Mourning Mortality

Book:The Third Hotel

Source: The Third Hotel

“Grief could take the form of violence too, could give a false sense of permission, erase the world around, and that was what frightened Clare most about violence, how transferable it was.”

Loss Grief Violence Grieving Mourning

Book:The Third Hotel

Source: The Third Hotel

“The five scientists from the Brazilian station always sat at their own table, isolated by their tragedy, which I understood. After my parents died, it took me months before I could carry on a conversation with someone who had not known them, who expected me to be young and sparkling and untouched by grief.”

Death Loss Grief Tragedy Mourning Isolation Death Of A Parent

Book:The Isle of Youth: Stories

Source: The Isle of Youth: Stories

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