"All I know from my own experience is that the more loss we feel the more grateful we should be for whatever it was we had to lose. It means that we had something worth grieving for. The ones I'm sorry for are the ones that go through life not knowing what grief is."

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Source : Frank O'Connor (1969). “A Set of Variations: Twenty-seven Stories”

Frank O'Connor

#Gratitude Quotes #Sorry Quotes #Grief Quotes

“Nothing in the world can replace the modern swimsuit, and it practically has.”
“The Universe doesn't make mistakes.”
“Where once the student was taught that the unexamined life was not worth living, he is now taught that the profitably lived life is not worth examining.”
“I'm not a competitive person.”
“My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.”
“The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought.”
“I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”
“Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.”

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