"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever."
"Each death and departure comes to us as a surprise, a sorrow never anticipated. Life is a long series of farewells; only the circumstances should surprise us."
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Source: Jessamyn West (1984). “The state of Stony Lonesome”, Harcourt
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