(on grief) And you do come out of it, that’s true. After a year, after…

Julian Barnes
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(on grief) And you do come out of it, that’s true. After a year, after five. But you don’t come out of it like a train coming out of a tunnel, bursting through the downs into sunshine and that swift, rattling descent to the Channel; you come out of it as a gull comes out of an oil-slick. You are tarred and feathered for life. ✨ Julian Barnes (1984). Flaubert's parrot, Vintage
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