Good or not, grief is definitely another country. It makes no sense at all. You can smile through the funeral, crack a joke as you bury your loved one, and then, weeks later, catch sight of an Oreo cookie and start howling in public because you’ll never eat an Oreo with your father again. The Oreo cookie is more painful than the dead body. Marilyn French writes about this disconnect in The Women’s Room: “Rituals mark feelings, but feelings and events do not coincide. Feelings are large and spread over a lifetime.”
In Defense of Good Grief, Livemint (via lastminutegenius)
Nirvana: come as you are Blink 182: adam’s song
Margaret Hamilton was the lead software engineer of the Apollo Project. Here she stands next the the listings of the Apollo Guidance Computer source code, which she wrote herself by hand.
“People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention.”
— Unknown
Grief is like glitter; No matter how much you try and tidy it up you’re never going to get rid of it all. You’re always going to find bits of it.
- George Shelley, George Shelley: learning to grieve
“Old Hogwarts sorting hat sing me a song, speak in my head tell me where I belong…”
“Solitude is dangerous. It’s very addictive. It becomes a habit after you realize how peaceful and calm it is. It’s like you don’t want to deal with people anymore because they drain your energy. “
Jim Carrey
Come Out And Play // Billie Eilish
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