No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but…

C. S. Lewis
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.5, Faber & Faber
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.5, Faber & Faber

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