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“Suddenness," he says. " You do not prepare, you do not explain, you do not apologize. Suddenly, you go. And with you, you take all contemplation, all consideration of your own departure. All the suffering that would have come from knowing comes after you are gone, and you are not a part of it.”

Quote by Tea Obreht

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Tea Obreht is a Serbian-American author who gained fame with her novel 'The Tiger's Wife,' which won the Booker Prize in 2011 and received widespread acclaim. Her works often explore themes of history, memory, and the human condition. more

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