The aftermath of someone’s death is vertiginous, a murky, shimmering mass; to look at it head-on is to see only the fog — Nicole Rudick
The aftermath of someone’s death is vertiginous, a murky, shimmering mass; to look at it head-on is to see only the fog — Nicole Rudick
The aftermath of someone’s death is vertiginous, a murky, shimmering mass; to look at it head-on is to see only the fog — Nicole Rudick
The aftermath of someone’s death is vertiginous, a murky, shimmering mass; to look at it head-on is to see only the fog — Nicole Rudick
The aftermath of someone’s death is vertiginous, a murky, shimmering mass; to look at it head-on is to see only the fog — Nicole Rudick
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The aftermath of someone’s death is vertiginous, a murky, shimmering mass; to look at it head-on is to see only the fog of emotion. One must approach it sideways, entering it by way of an exhumation of facts and retrospections . . .

— Nicole Rudick
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