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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal – every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open – this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.

Washington Irving · The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819-1820), 'Rural Funerals'

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“The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal – every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open – this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.” — Washington Irving · The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819-1820), 'Rural Funerals'

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