"That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome."

Grief, Power, Fear, Control, Ambition

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"That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome."

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"Death is misery! The lifeless person was once full of life."

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"I saw her tonight. I didn't mean to and I wasn't prepared for it.I came across her sweet smiling face and I had no choice but to be confronted with all the emotions and memories I associated with her.It brought me back to this past summer when she passed from this world into the next and how I watched the minutes in the day pass and felt the sorrow of the approaching sunset knowing that darkness would soon follow.There is something profound about the first night after someone you love dies.Seeing her again and mourning the loss of her anew reminded me that we keep too much to ourselves and we let people go without them ever knowing how much they touched us, intrigued us, taught us, or moved us.I'm a firm believer in actions doing the telling, but people need to hear it as well."

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"There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief."

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"The loss of a child exploits the emotions of each individual it encounters."

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"She cries quietly, her shoulders heaving up and down, not the kind of loud sobbing that the women Chika knows do, the kind that screams Hold me and comfort me because I cannot deal with this alone. The woman's crying is private, as though she is carrying out a necessary ritual that involves no one else."

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"We need never be ashamed of our tears."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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Erica Jong, American Novelist

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