Hanya Yanagihara Quotes
Tallent Notes That The Days Surrounding The Death Are Marked Not By Keening Or Weeping But Instead By A Dignified, Almost Majestical, Sense Of Quiet And Contemplation. The Deceased's Immediate Family Continues To Go About Their Daily Rituals, But Their Silence, Their Lack Of Chatter In This Busy, Intimate Community, Is A Ritual In Itself, And The Other Villagers Give Them Peace Until The Bereaved Signal Their Intention To Return To The Life Of The Community. Sometimes This Silent Mourning Takes Only Days; Sometimes It Takes Months. But It Is A Remarkable Demonstration Of Being Absent In A Place So Intensely Present, Of Being Granted Solitude While Surrounded By Many
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