"I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years."

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Source : "Staying Awake with Dan Chaon". Interview with Clare Stein, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 6, 2012.

Dan Chaon

#Grief Quotes #Loss Quotes #Years Quotes

“I don’t want to explain to somebody what pollen is. That is the secret and the beauty and the power and the potential of all this.”
“I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.”
“I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.”
“Yes,â€ said Mamma, â€œthis is the worst of life, that love does not give us common sense but is a sure way of losing it. We love people, and we say that we are going to do more for them than friendship, but it makes such fools of us that we do far less, indeed sometimes what we do could be mistaken for the work of hatred.”
“Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of end-games and other simple positions which respond to technique rather than to imagination.”
“I grew up watching Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Batman. You name it, I was a huge fan. And that's what I used to play with my friends. We would have the masks and the swords and pretend we had super powers.”
“I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.”
“The veil between us and the divine is more permeable than we imagine.”

Source : Sue Patton Thoele (2003). “The Woman's Book of Courage: Meditations for Empowerment and Peace of Mind”, p.233, Conari Press

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