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Elizabeth Alexander on Wedding

born 1962 United States

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Perhaps tragedies are only tragedies in the presence of love, which confers meaning to loss.”

What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to preempt grievance.

Loss is not felt in the absence of love

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