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“That we were frightened by your death-no... it is that your harsh death darkly interrupted us, divided what-had-been from what-would-be: that was our concern; coming to terms with it will accompany everything we do: Today; tomorrow. Again and again. You have gone on.... But you were frightened too.”

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Book:Hell of a Book

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