“Each heartbreak is a little death, all the same.” DeathHeartbreakZimbabwePetina Gappah Book:An Elegy for Easterly: Stories Source: An Elegy for Easterly: Stories
“Wafa Wanaka, our elders say. Not only does this mean that death is the ultimate peace, it also means that we are not to speak ill of the dead. Once a person has crossed over to the real of the spirits, he takes his transgressions with him, and we speak only of the good. - 'Something Nice from London” DeathShort StoriesZimbabwePetina GappahWafa Wanaka Book:An Elegy for Easterly: Stories Source: An Elegy for Easterly: Stories