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“I should have kissed him then. Kissed all of them. A thousand times, or maybe a million. It was only such a short time, but I could have kissed them more.”

Book:Entangled

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“Although he could barely hold the weight of a hardback book, he couldn't abide paperbacks. Only a hardcover felt protective enough for the valuable words inside keeping them safe from harm. Now that he felt so unprotected himself, with Time and Death gnawing at his every extremity, he wanted security at least for the words that acted as his companion for this brief time.”

Grief Comfort Aging

Book:The Door-to-Door Bookstore

Source: The Door-to-Door Bookstore

“Every now and then, he pulled the books out and touched the bookmarks but hadn't yet found the strength to pick up where they left off, to read the rest of the story.”

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Book:How the Light Gets In

Source: How the Light Gets In

“I wish I could write their individual stories in the book of our lives with indelible ink, because we cannot compel the world to share our affliction, but we still have the duty to honour our dead. Tina said it: all it takes is for one person, just one, to burst into grief for the others to take up the song of mourning. That is our mission. That is our duty as survivors. We are all survivors in this country, to varying degrees. To survivors, the Lord, in His languid Mercy, grants unending years of contrition. This, at least, is necessary; otherwise, where would the salty water in the oceans come from?”

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Book:Days Come and Go

Source: Days Come and Go

“Grandmother had passed three summers ago after a stroke in her garden, and now that she was gone, Danielle had a thousand and one questions for her. The lost questions hurt the most.”

Death Loss Grief Mourning Questions Grandmothers

Book:Ghost Summer: Stories

Source: Ghost Summer: Stories

“I've lost people before. I've never stopped losing people. Why did it never feel like this?”

Loss Grief

Book:Entangled

Source: Entangled

“My brutes are dead. The rest of the world can burn.”

Loss Grief

Book:Entangled

Source: Entangled

“Master the art of self-mastery. It is a significant step toward victory.”

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Book:A Manual for Victory

Source: A Manual for Victory

“The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater”

Love Grief Peril

Author:J.R.R. Tolkien

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