Bereavement Quote by Helen MacDonald

““I look. There it is. I feel it. The insistent pull to the heart that the hawk brings, that very old longing of mine to possess the hawk's eye. To live the safe and solitary life; to look down on the world from a height and keep it there. To be the watcher; invulnerable, detached, complete. My eyes fill with water. Here I am, I think. And I do not think I am safe. ””

Helen MacDonald

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Bereavement Death Dying Grief Hawks Life Loss Solitary life

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