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Bereavement Quote by T.S. Eliot

“What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.” quote by T.S. Eliot — Download Open image

““What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.””

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Bereavement Communication Death Language Life Longing Unsaid words

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