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Dana DesJardins
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And I had to say why this moment mattered. That this was not waiting for someone to give us back what had been stolen, with violence, with terror. That breaking up, our dispersion, our diaspora. That fracture of the four Ephrussi children
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“Our collective thirst for horrors was insatiable, which didn’t make us feel like catastrophists; it made us feel like taking attendance”
― Grief Is for People
― Grief Is for People
“My brain was like a spooky little child who wouldn’t stop showing me disturbing drawings.”
― Grief Is for People
― Grief Is for People
“Some element of the world did not hold up its end of the bargain and anger is the debt collector.”
― Grief Is for People
― Grief Is for People
“The idea that things don’t have to be permanent to be valuable and meaningful.”
― Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God
― Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God
“You have to dig deep to bury your daddy.”
― Vintage Murder
― Vintage Murder
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