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Juliet Patterson's avatar

Thank you for these words. I also feel useless and far away, but love you nevertheless!

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SC Ivers's avatar

“When you say goodbye to your dad you say goodbye to a part of you.”

I hope you’ll let me quote this someday in my own book—it expresses the sweetness so well. And you do excruciating pain well too. Hope some of that is gone by now.

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JSA Lowe's avatar

i feel 1000% useless and i know we're not at all close but i've been thinking about you all day every day wishing i could be even 1% useful. thank g-d for heathcliff, and for j. but also fuck pain that's like being mauled and fuck writers who don't understand time and language and despair are the only subjects. (but also love. we all love you.)

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Sarah's avatar

Searingly beautiful, stark, brutally honest, as ever. Thank you for this. Sending strength and love.

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