One of the things that happens to people in grief is they secretly think they're crazy, because they realize they are thinking things that don't make sense. (Joan Didion)

One of the things that happens to people in grief is they secretly think they're crazy, because they realize they are thinking things that don't make sense.

Joan Didion

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