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Jonathan Safran Foer

"Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces than my heart was made of..."

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"Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you."

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"My grief lies all within, and these external manner of laments are merely shadows of the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortur'd soul."

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"I didn't mean to scare you. I'm not suicidal if that's what's freaking you out. I'm not fucked up in the head. I'm not deranged. I'm not suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. I'm just a brother who loved his sister more than life itself, so I get a little intense when I think about her."

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"Grief does not change you. It reveals you."

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"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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"The inletour friend looks as he didwhen we first knew him,and until I wake I believeI will die of grief, for I knowthat this boy grew into a manwho was a faithful friendwho died."

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Amber Hurdle

"O my son Absalom,' Bean said softly, knowing for the first time the kind of anguish that could tear such words from a man's mouth. 'my son, my son Absalom. Would God I could die for thee, O Absalom, my son. My sons!"

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Amber Hurdle

"Sing through your grief. Don't let your thoughts weigh you down."

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"Every one can master a grief but he that has it."

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Amber Hurdle

"More than anything, I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someonewho might have loved you back but can't due to deadness, and then I leaned forward, my forehead against the back of Takumi's headrest, and Icried, whimpering, and I didn't even feel sadness so much as pain."

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