When I'm with him, there is someone with me in my house of grief, some…

Jandy Nelson
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When I'm with him, there is someone with me in my house of grief, someone who knows its architecture as I do, who can walk with me, from room to sorrowful room, making the whole rambling structure of wind and emptiness not quite as scary, as lonely as it was before. ✨ Jandy Nelson (2010). The Sky Is Everywhere, p.59, Penguin
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