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“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, though you can put your hand out to where things were and feel that tense, shining dullness of the space where the memories are.”
― H is for Hawk
― H is for Hawk
“Is the air okay?" I texted.
"It hurts a little to breathe," my sister texted back. "But we're okay."
Jesus, I thought, is there a better and more succinct definition of grief than It hurts a little to breathe, but we're okay?”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
"It hurts a little to breathe," my sister texted back. "But we're okay."
Jesus, I thought, is there a better and more succinct definition of grief than It hurts a little to breathe, but we're okay?”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
“The Staging
In the weeks after my mother's death, I sleep
Four or five hours a night, often interrupted
By dreams, and take two or three naps a day.
It seems like enough. I can survive if I keep
This sleep schedule as it has been constructed
For me. But if it seems my reflexes are delayed,
Or if I sway when I walk, or weep or do not weep,
Please don't worry. I'm not under destruction.
My grief has cast me in a lethargic cabaret.
So pay the cover charge and take your seat.
This mourning has become a relentless production
And I've got seventy-eight roles to play.”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
In the weeks after my mother's death, I sleep
Four or five hours a night, often interrupted
By dreams, and take two or three naps a day.
It seems like enough. I can survive if I keep
This sleep schedule as it has been constructed
For me. But if it seems my reflexes are delayed,
Or if I sway when I walk, or weep or do not weep,
Please don't worry. I'm not under destruction.
My grief has cast me in a lethargic cabaret.
So pay the cover charge and take your seat.
This mourning has become a relentless production
And I've got seventy-eight roles to play.”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
“So we must forgive all those Who trespass against us? Fuck that shit. I’m not some charitable trust. There are people I will hate Even after I’m ashes and dust.”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
“Listen. I don't know how or when
My grieving will end, but I'm always
Relearning how to be human again.”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
My grieving will end, but I'm always
Relearning how to be human again.”
― You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
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