“I no longer had words for the Somethingness of the world, and so it quietly receded.”
― Thin Places: Essays from In Between
― Thin Places: Essays from In Between
“It must be the worst kind of suffering – cognizance of one’s own collapse, the penance of watching as things slip away.”
― Girl in White Cotton
― Girl in White Cotton
“It was a risk, to love someone. To do so with the full knowledge that they'd leave someday. Then let go of them, when they did.”
― The Bone Houses
― The Bone Houses
“To love someone was to face the possibility of losing them, and she feared another loss could shatter her.”
― The Bone Houses
― The Bone Houses
“The anticipation of the loss hurts nearly as much as the loss itself. You find yourself trying to hold on to every detail, because you'll never have them again.”
― The Bone Houses
― The Bone Houses
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