Malene

“FEAR, MY FATHER ONCE TOLD me, is simply our realisation of a lack of control. And that is why when we are afraid, sometimes the only way we can cope—the only way to dull the edge of that lack—is to put our faith in those who appear not to suffer it.”
― James Islington, The Strength of the Few

“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression.”
― James Islington, The Strength of the Few

“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. She said it at her own mother’s funeral rites, tears in her eyes even as she tried to comfort a boy too young to understand why he was so sad, why his grandmother couldn’t be there anymore. She explained through choking sobs that without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.”
― James Islington, The Strength of the Few

“Grief walks hand in hand with love,” I say with my entire chest. “I know it’s tempting to cut away the pain, but that rib-cracking ache is proof that something good came first. Something worth remembering.”
― Sarah A. Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons