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“There is a word to describe someone who loses their spouse, and a word for children who are left without parents. There is no word, however, for a parent who loses their child.”
― Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

“He applauded their idealism. And yes, music might be immortal, but composers alas are not.”
― Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time

“Fear: what did those who inflicted it know? They knew that it worked, even how it worked, but not what it felt like. ‘The wolf cannot speak of the fear of the sheep,’ as they say.”
― Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time

“Always, Christmas brought out the best and the worst in people.”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These