Cry, Heart, But Never Break: A Remarkable Illustrated Meditation on Loss and Life
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Cry, Heart, But Never Break: A Remarkable Illustrated Meditation on Loss and Life
The curtains were blowing in the gentle morning breeze. Looking at the children, Death said quietly, “Cry, Heart, but never break. Let your tears of grief and sadness help begin new life.”
Then he was gone.
Maria Popova • Cry, Heart, But Never Break: A Remarkable Illustrated Meditation on Loss and Life
It is the same with life and death... What would life be worth if there were no death? Who would enjoy the sun if it never rained? Who would yearn for the day if there were no night?
Maria Popova • Cry, Heart, But Never Break: A Remarkable Illustrated Meditation on Loss and Life
“Each day, we wake slightly altered, and the person we were yesterday is dead,” John Updike wrote, “so why ... be afraid of death, when death comes all the time?”