Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss, often the worst kind, also arrived through the deafening quiet of an absence.

About This Quote

Most people are not aware that when someone is in mourning they are actually grieving for two things. First, the loss of their loved one. Second, the loss of their life they were leading before the death. The narrator of this quote is speaking about how the absence of a loved one only magnifies another person’s grief.

He says that during his time at war, he noticed that whenever someone lost a loved one, their grief was compounded by the absence of a loved one. By speaking about such a situation, he is saying that sometimes we cannot take solace in the presence of others because we know we will not be there forever and we might never see them again.

Source: The Pieces We Keep

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