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The Bottle of Tears QUOTES

The Bottle of Tears QUOTES

1 " It’s madness really that society expects a newly bereaved person to jump through so many hoops. "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears

2 " that the human brain expects permanence. The cup is where you put it. The car is where you parked it (if it hasn’t been towed away). The wine is still in the refrigerator where you left it. It’s only people, the most complex, important, influential, life-changing elements of our lives, who are there and then are shockingly not-there. And it’s surprisingly hard to get one’s brain around that. So "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears

3 " almost musical, twangs. The sun is shining through the stained glass window above the front door, casting colourful geometric patterns across the floor tiles. At the base of the stairs she swings for a moment on the large final bannister. The lounge door is ajar and peering in she can see one edge of the television screen, her mother’s "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears

4 " She rolls onto her back and looks up at the dark ceiling, at the tiny speck of orange light leaking through the curtains from the streetlamp outside, and she tries to decide. “Are "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears

5 " every person’s biggest trauma is still that person’s biggest trauma. There is no relativity within the realm of one’s own subconscious. "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears

6 " client once said that it was like a bottle full of pain, if you can imagine that. And each time you let yourself remember, each time you let yourself feel the pain, each time you cry, you empty the bottle a little bit. So it becomes easier to carry. "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears

7 " almost musical, twangs. The sun is shining through the stained glass window above the front door, casting colourful geometric patterns across the floor tiles. At the base of the stairs she swings for a moment on the large final bannister. The lounge door is "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears

8 " fairly rare occurrence these days. Plus, she has already spoken to her mother "

― Nick Alexander , The Bottle of Tears