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> [“The intensity of my grief hits the mountains across Eclipse Sound, and then echoes throughout Arctic. There’s nobody around. I can barely see the town below the hill, nestled within the valley of barren tundra, across from the tiny airport,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/the-intensity-of-my-grief-hits-the-mountains-across-eclipse-sound-and/)

[Shannon M Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-m-mullen/)

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## More by Shannon M Mullen

> [“Suddenly, I’m lighter, only half of who I was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/suddenly-i-m-lighter-only-half-of-who-i-was/)

[Shannon M Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-m-mullen/)

> [“Due to their short bloom time, Sakura blossoms are a metaphor for life itself: beautiful yet fleeting. You’ll realize when you’re as old as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/due-to-their-short-bloom-time-sakura-blossoms-are-a-metaphor-for-life/)

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> [“Just as I’m about to continue walking along the shoreline, the left third of the iceberg breaks off suddenly and crashes violently, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/just-as-i-m-about-to-continue-walking-along-the-shoreline-the-left/)

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> [“Her eyes remind me of the Pacific: Raging. Fearless. Restless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/her-eyes-remind-me-of-the-pacific-raging-fearless-restless/)

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> [“Is there such a thing as being too happy?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/is-there-such-a-thing-as-being-too-happy/)

[Shannon M Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-m-mullen/)

> [“Family is the most important thing in this life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/family-is-the-most-important-thing-in-this-life/)

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> [“Sometimes our heroes let us down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/sometimes-our-heroes-let-us-down/)

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> [“My mind feels like a race car on the track, getting faster and faster every time I pause to think or blink or try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/my-mind-feels-like-a-race-car-on-the-track-getting-faster-and-faster/)

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> [“Maybe love’s more than the daily comforts: more than morning coffees and flowers and notes in my lunch bag and holding hands while watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/maybe-love-s-more-than-the-daily-comforts-more-than-morning-coffees/)

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> [“Sometimes you have to fight for the past and sometimes you have to let go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/sometimes-you-have-to-fight-for-the-past-and-sometimes-you-have-to/)

[Shannon M Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-m-mullen/)

> [“I guess love distorts our perception of reality, and it’s even harder to recognize the truth when it’s buried underneath layers of what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/i-guess-love-distorts-our-perception-of-reality-and-it-s-even-harder/)

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> [“That’s what mountains do, they taunt you, lure you to the freedom of the wilderness, and it is fucking exhilarating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/that-s-what-mountains-do-they-taunt-you-lure-you-to-the-freedom-of/)

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> [“Who am I fooling? Bad dreams never end. We just pretend they aren’t there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/who-am-i-fooling-bad-dreams-never-end-we-just-pretend-they-aren-t/)

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> [“With thousands of years of history frozen in time, it's no wonder that many southerners like me romanticize the north as a place where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/with-thousands-of-years-of-history-frozen-in-time-it-s-no-wonder-that/)

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> [“Sleeping is much safer than the nightmare I’m living. When I sleep I feel nothing and I do nothing and I see nothing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-m-mullen/sleeping-is-much-safer-than-the-nightmare-i-m-living-when-i-sleep-i/)

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