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“Before Lamia killed children, her children were killed. The root of her violence, like the root of so much violence, is grief.”

Women Grief Mythology Monsters Child Death Lamia

Book:Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Source: Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

“...what I'm saying isn't for him. If my words were for him they would be different; softer, and more meaningful. They would be whispered in his ear instead of projected to a crowd.”

Death Loss Grief Sad Goodbye Funeral Eulogy Child Death For The Living Not The Dead

Book:The Last Word: an anthology of memories

Source: The Last Word: an anthology of memories

“Vicky's only been dead an hour and yet she's already a memory.”

Death Memories Grief Memory Grieving Child Death Vicky Angel

Author:Jacqueline Wilson

“Why are the photographs of him as a little boy so incredibly hard to look at? Something is over. Now instead of those shiny moments being things we can share together in delighted memories, I, the survivor, have to bear them alone. So it is with all the memories of him. They all lead into blackness. All I can do is remember him, I cannot experience him. Nothing new can happen between us.”

Grief Loss Of Child Child Death Nicholas Wolterstorff

Book:Lament for a Son

Source: Lament for a Son

“Will my eyes adjust to this darkness? Will I find you in the dark – not in the streaks of light which remain, but in the darkness? Has anyone ever found you there? Did they love what they saw? Did they see love? And are there songs for singing when the light has gone dim? Or in the dark, is it best to wait in silence? Noon has darkened. As fast as they could say, ‘He’s dead,’ the light dimmed. And where are you in the darkness? I learned to spy you in the light. Here in this darkness, I cannot find you. If I had never looked for you, or looked but never found, I would not feel this pain of your absence. Or is not your absence in which I dwell, but your elusive troubling presence? It’s the neverness that is so painful. Never again to be here with us – never to sit with us at the table…. All the rest of our lives we must live without him. Only our death can stop the pain of his death.”

Grief Death Of A Child Child Death Nicholas Wolterstorff

Book:Lament for a Son

Source: Lament for a Son