#loss

Nowadays he doesn't think of his wife, though he knows he can turn around and evoke every move of her, describe any aspect of her, the weigh of her wrist on his heart during the night. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#love #memory #love

Don't let's ask for the moon! We have the stars! ↗

— Olive Higgins Prouty

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Don't love anything that can be taken away. ↗

— Ron Rash

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I knew it would be all of those things and so much more to me, but it was his heart I was yanking from his chest with my decision, and that’s what mattered to me. I was giving up a piece of my own as well, but it was a choice. His was just collateral. ↗

— Rachael Wade

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It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love. ↗

— Voltaire

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I am part of what she thinks is her illness, a symptom of which she thinks she has been cured. She, on the other hand, is what I was looking for. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

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Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you’re lagging, I may remember him! ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee Save Me, save only Me? All which I took from thee I did but take, Not for thy harms. But just that thou might'st seek it in my arms. All which thy child's mistake Fancies as lost, I have stored for thee at home; Rise, clasp My hand, and come! ↗

— Francis G. Thompson

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Each guy stamped the passport of my heart. “You’re worthy.” Stamp. “You’re enough.” “You have not failed completely.” Stamp, stamp. ↗

— Kimberly Novosel

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...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. ↗

— Emma Donoghue

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