"I lay down on the bed clasping the pictures and buried my face in the pillow in a vain attempt at silencing my sobs. But it was as if all my life's accumulated grief had finally found an outlet and was allowed to take its course. I screamed, I cried, until the grief became bearable. (174)"

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Source : Linda Olsson (2009). “Sonata for Miriam: A Novel”, p.114, Penguin

Linda Olsson

#Grief Quotes #Bed Quotes #Faces Quotes

“But you can't make someone be something they're not.”
“Libraries promote the sharing of knowledge, connecting people of all ages with valuable information resources. These dynamic and modern institutions, and the librarians who staff them, add immeasurably to our quality of life.”
“The problem isn't that we have bodies; the problem is that we're not living in them.”
“I had a fear of being alone.”
“An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me.”
“Some wounds run too deep for the healing.”
“The butterflies I get are not if somebody boos me in the crowd, or somebody talks trash about me during the week, or somebody on ESPN rips me. It's the pressure that I'm putting on myself.”
“Pity the poor infant. Born perfect into the world from imperfect parents.”

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