Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief … - Joan Didion

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Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened.

Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking · February 13, 2007 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Joan Didion (December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer known as a novelist, journalist and prose stylist.

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