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Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.

Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.

Sarah Dessen
Grief, Anchors, Bereavement
Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.129, Penguin

Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.

Sarah Dessen
Grief, Grieving, Sorrow

That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.

Sarah Dessen
Grief, Grieving, Language
Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.70, Penguin

Maybe that's what you got when you stood over your grief, facing it finally. A sense of its depths, its area, the distance across, and the way over or around it, whichever you chose in the end.

Sarah Dessen
Distance, Grief, Depth
Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.71, Penguin

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