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“There is a time in life when you expect the world to be always full of new things. And then comes a day when you realise that is not how it will be at all. You see that life will become a thing made of holes. Absences. Losses. Things that were there and are no longer. And you realise, too, that you have to grow around and between the gaps, [...]”
― H is for Hawk
― H is for Hawk
“As Rilke says, there are no classes for beginners in life, the most difficult thing is always asked of one right away.”
― A Sport and a Pastime
― A Sport and a Pastime
“Here’s a word. Bereavement. Or, Bereaved. Bereft. It’s from the Old English bereafian, meaning ‘to deprive of, take away, seize, rob’. Robbed. Seized. It happens to everyone. But you feel it alone. Shocking loss isn’t to be shared, no matter how hard you try.”
― H is for Hawk
― H is for Hawk
“Think pink. A better way of life.”
― Eloise
― Eloise
“I don't want to be a simile anymore,' I said. "I want to be a metaphor.”
― Embassytown
― Embassytown
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