Here lies the heart of the difference between grief as we imagine it and grief as it is: the unending absence that follows, the void, the very opposi… - Joan Didion

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Here lies the heart of the difference between grief as we imagine it and grief as it is: the unending absence that follows, the void, the very opposite of meaning, the relentless succession of moments during which we will confront the experience of meaninglessness itself.