" But the biggest thing, I’m afraid I’m not all accustomed to the idea I’ll never see her again.” Ben said, “I lost my dad last year, and I don’t know that I’ll ever get over it.” “So you understand. You keep waiting for them to come into the room, or the phone to ring, and realizing it won’t happen—well, it’s heartbreaking, isn’t it?” Ben nodded. “I still pick up the phone to call him. Maybe we aren’t supposed to get over it. Maybe we’re supposed to remember them always and appreciate what we had. "
― Catherine Coulter , The Devil's Triangle (A Brit in the FBI, #4)