"When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose her all at once; you l...
"When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time — the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers." ― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany