There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again …

Ann Patchett
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There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). State of Wonder, p.269, Bloomsbury Publishing
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There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). State of Wonder, p.269, Bloomsbury Publishing

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