Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.

Joan Didion

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Tears water our growth.

William Shakespeare

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.

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Night is chaos, the realm of dreams, teeming with ghosts and demons as the oceans teem with fish and sea monsters.

Wolfgang Schievelbusch

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

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