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Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"After our loved one dies: we cry, not because they left; but because they left us."

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Donna Grant

"Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss."

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"People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura oflife which bears no relation to true immortality but through which theycontinue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. Itis as though they were traveling abroad."

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Donna Grant

"All winter the acorns and red Maple leaf moldered in silence - in the same way grief is gnawing at me - slowly, imperceptibly... consuming..."

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"For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear."

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"The relatives of a suicide always take it in bad part that he did not remain alive out of consideration for the family dignity."

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"I called Isaac, who cursed life and the universe and God Himself and who said where are the goddamned trophies to break when you need them, and then I realized there was no one else to call, which was the saddest thing. The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Waters's death was Augustus Waters."

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"The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns."

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Donna Grant

"I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due to deadness."

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Donna Grant

"There's some ill planet reigns:I must be patient till the heavens lookWith an aspect more favourable. Good my lords,I am not prone to weeping, as our sexCommonly are; the want of which vain dewPerchance shall dry your pities: but I haveThat honourable grief lodged here which burnsWorse than tears drown: beseech you all, my lords,With thoughts so qualified as your charitiesShall best instruct you, measure me; and soThe king's will be perform'd!"

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"I was an infant when my parents died.Thye both were ornithologists. I've triedSo often to evoke them that todayI have a thousand parents. Sadly theyDissolve in their own virtues and recede,But certain words, chance words I hear or read,Such as "bad heart" always to him refer,And "cancer of the pancreas" to her."

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

Society

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"The fact that you have just buried your parent or parents and/or sibling or siblings does not make you less likely to die today."

Mortality

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday."

Time

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"A satirist that criticizes religion is seen as a satanist."

Religion

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

Work

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

Work

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"In some cases, it is the woman's stomach-not her heart-that has left her man for another."

Relationship

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations."

Religion

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Tomorrow is like 'there.' Once you get 'there,' it is called 'here.' So, technically, life is a set of Todays."

Philosophy

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"A writer's primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore's is to make cents."

Writing

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