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Dearest Josephine

Caroline George

Top 10 Best Quotes

“I do believe literature holds the best of us . . . or perhaps it reflects the better versions of who we are.”

“Nobody talks about the other loss, the loss that happens within us. We lose people and things, but we also lose parts of ourselves. We grieve those missing parts too. We grieve them, and we grieve us. But I think losing those parts creates space. For newness. For understanding others’ hurts and welcoming them into our free spaces.”

“The choice isn’t to move on—life moves whether I want it to or not. No, the choice is to look forward, not backward, to take a step because refusing to move won’t draw the past nearer, only postpone better days.”

“She was the book he couldn’t put down.”

“It was through words I found you. Through words, I reach you. And through words, I beg to keep you close.”

“Poets use countless words to describe their pain, but I only need three: I miss you.”

“Perhaps we never stop loving someone. We just learn to move forward. To live without them because of them. Perhaps we let go to hold on.”

“I wish to be content and loved, yet I find it poetic, even romantic at times, to be sad and alone. Truly, despair adds intrigue to my otherwise dull existence.”

“I have grieved so much, but loss does not dim with practice. If anything, it gains momentum.”

“A book is but a stack of paper until someone reads it. And when someone reads it, they build a house within its pages so whenever they return to that book, they feel right at home.”

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