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All those years i fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as privately. but, what i've discovered is that the lifelong fear of grief keeps us in a barren, isolated place, and that only grieving can heal grief. the passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief, will not heal it.
-Anne Lamott
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All Those Years I Fell For The

Anne Lamott
All those years i fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as privately. but, what i've discovered is that the lifelong fear of grief keeps us in a barren, isolated place, and that only grieving can heal grief. the passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief, will not heal it.
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