“I remembered the pain as clearly as if I were shifting — the pain of loss. I felt the agony of the single moment that I lost myself. Lost what made me Sam. The part of me that could remember Grace's name.” IfsMadeMomentsPainRememberNamesLostFeltLossGraceRememberedAgonyShiftingLost Myself Book:Shiver Source: Shiver
“We build a shell around it, like an oyster dealing with a painful particle of grit, coating it with smooth pearl layers in order to cope. This is how we walk and talk and function , day in, day out. Immune to others’ pain and loss.” PainOrderLossWalksFunctionPainfulLayersShellsSmoothPearlsParticlesImmuneGritOystersAmerican GodsPain And Loss Author:Neil Gaiman