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Grief is the honour we pay to that which is dear to us.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
Grief is not just an emotion—it’s an unraveling, a space where something once lived but is now gone. It carves through you, leaving a hollow ache where love once resided. In the beginning, it feels unbearable, like a wound that will never close. But over time, the raw edges begin to mend. The pain softens, but the imprint remains—a quiet reminder o
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Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it
“This is your sister, our mother is dead—come to the funeral.” He arrived at the funeral one hour late and drunk.
Marina Abramovic • Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Though crestfallen that my adoptive dad abandoned me, I didn’t want to hurt Mom. I didn’t want to hurt. I’d long associated despair with relocation—in my mind they had become interlaced. And so, deep down, I feared that if I expressed sorrow, it would lead to a placement into yet another family.
Rob Henderson • Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
Because grief, at its worst, is unreal. And it calls for a surreal response. The queens—in this way—are unicorns. Unicorns stamping in a graveyard.