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► SDPC Introduction Valerie metaphor grief hospital death
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‘These days I dream about Jane,’ I wrote in my article for Reality Change, ‘and feel her presence just as much as ever, yet my mourning is inevitably enlightened by new forces and experiences. This is just the way Jane wants it to be; she told me not long before she died that she didn’t want me to spend my life in grief and alone. I agreed with her when she said those things but had little idea of the emotional depths of sadness and yearning that one must face and live with before becoming free enough to turn one’s thoughts outward into the world again.’

► SDPC Part Two: Chapter 10 Mark Rob furniture arrangements bookcases
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[...] You were polite to your guest, and I recognize his presence. [...] You know that I have no objections to your friend’s presence. [...]