There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some, irrevocably; it’s the endings we’re unprepared for. Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I have done it," she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she has made on the stone. A C H I L L E S, it reads. And beside it, P A T R O C L U S."Go," she says. "He waits for you."In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun. Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief. Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart. Jun 14, 2024 - Fabian Biese>