The ghosts that exert the most power in people__ lives-at least, the people I know__end to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.
...grief is as much about regret for what you've never had as sadness for what you've lost.
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...grief is as much about regret for what you've never had as sadness for what you've lost.
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