She needed to recover. His father had died in January; it was only the end of May. They needed to stick to the routine they'd established during the intervening months. in that way, their life would return to its original shape, like a spring stretched in bad times but contracting eventually into happiness. That the world could come permanently unsprung had never occurred to him.
There is a certain kind of darkness that seeps into our lives if we are not actively engaged in creating light.
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There is a certain kind of darkness that seeps into our lives if we are not actively engaged in creating light.
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