"When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals……" — Hope Edelman
"When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It always hovers at the edge of her awareness, prepared to surface at any time, in any place, in the least expected ways."
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13 Quotes by Hope Edelman
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