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But grieving people are selfish. They won’t let you comfort them and they say you don’t understand and they make you feel useless when all your life you’ve been functional to them.

But grieving people are selfish. They won’t let you comfort them and they say you don’t understand and they make you feel useless when all your life you’ve been functional to them.

Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Melina Marchetta
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1965; activity date not established; Wikidata Q3854221, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3854221 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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