Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.

but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

To those who are here, those who are gone, and those who are lost.

She used to tell me that she couldn't feel the sunlight anymore, not even when she was standing in it, not even when it was hot on her cheeks

Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.

When you get . . . to the end, you see that love and family are all there is. Nothing else matters.

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