I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real t — Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
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I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real their loss they choose to hug that awfulness to them rather than push it away.

— Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward
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