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> [“Grieving isn’t what I expected. You don’t see your loved one’s face wherever you go, haunting you on billboards and strangers. That’s a cliché. The reality is simpler, less melodramatic, and far worse. You just start to forget.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/grieving-isn-t-what-i-expected-you-don-t-see-your-loved-one-s-face/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

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## More by Taylor Adams

> [“You can’t fast-forward through grief; it’s a multi-stage process and step one is being not okay. Step one is suffering.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/you-can-t-fast-forward-through-grief-it-s-a-multi-stage-process-and/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“You can’t fear the devil without also acknowledging God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/you-can-t-fear-the-devil-without-also-acknowledging-god/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“There’s refuge in normalcy — if you can hold onto it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/there-s-refuge-in-normalcy-if-you-can-hold-onto-it/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“The difference between a hero and a victim? Timing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/the-difference-between-a-hero-and-a-victim-timing/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“discovered on a deserted footpath in a Dorset seaside town late on a cold November night. She has been stabbed through the heart. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/discovered-on-a-deserted-footpath-in-a-dorset-seaside-town-late-on-a/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“Sometimes God puts people exactly where they need to be. Even when they don’t know it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/sometimes-god-puts-people-exactly-where-they-need-to-be-even-when/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“the Wanapani rest area was a pressure cooker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/the-wanapani-rest-area-was-a-pressure-cooker/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“Maybe Hell isn’t a literal place with fire and sulfur and pitchforks — maybe it’s just the things we bring with us. Our negative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/maybe-hell-isn-t-a-literal-place-with-fire-and-sulfur-and-pitchforks/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“History doesn’t quite repeat itself, but damn, it sure can rhyme.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/history-doesn-t-quite-repeat-itself-but-damn-it-sure-can-rhyme/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“child’s life was at stake outside. Then she’d have backup,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/child-s-life-was-at-stake-outside-then-she-d-have-backup/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“Her Honda bucked sharply left. Red Bull splashed in her lap. The steering wheel went rigid in her grip and she fought it for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/her-honda-bucked-sharply-left-red-bull-splashed-in-her-lap-the/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“She remembered walking back from there last month, half-drunk with a gaggle of half-friends from her dorm, and when one of them asked her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/she-remembered-walking-back-from-there-last-month-half-drunk-with-a/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“Grieving isn’t what I expected. You don’t see your loved one’s face wherever you go, haunting you on billboards and strangers. That’s a cliché.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/grieving-isn-t-what-i-expected-you-don-t-see-your-loved-one-s-face/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

> [“No panic, no fight, no flight, just that shivery little moment when daily life goes rancid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-adams/no-panic-no-fight-no-flight-just-that-shivery-little-moment-when/)

[Taylor Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-adams/)

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