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“What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked. "You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.”

Book:Old Man's War

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Old Man's War

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John Scalzi

John Scalzi, born on May 10, 1969, is a renowned science fiction author from the United States. His works are known for their humor, wit, and profound insights, which have won him a wide audience. His most notable series include the Old Man's War series and the Redshirts series. more

“Each death laid a dreadful charge of complicity on the living; each death was incongenerous, its guilt irreducible, its sadness immortal; a bracelet of bright hair about the bone. I did not pray for her, because prayer has no efficacy; I did not cry for her, because only extroverts cry twice; I sat in the silence of that night, that infinite hostility to man, to permanence, to love, remembering her, remembering her.”

Death Loss Grief Mourning Desolation

Book:The Magus

Source: The Magus

“From the day after we lose someone, how we lost them doesn't matter. All that matters now is that they're gone, and there's absolutely no more interacting with that person. There's just the memories. And those memories will come pelting at you at random for a while, before you realize it can be beautiful to let them run through you.”

Death Mourning Loss Of A Loved One

Book:Every Little Thing

Source: Every Little Thing

“Grief is always sudden as winter, no matter how long the autumn.”

Grief Winter Mourning Autumn Grief And Loss Sudden

Book:Forgetting: impressions from the millennial borderland

Source: Forgetting: impressions from the millennial borderland