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athens53x no texto
“Once considered sacred, the Ilissos marked the southern border of Athens.”
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Frase de exemploOnce considered sacred, the Ilissos marked the southern border of Athens.
days32x no texto
“The last days we spend with someone are not about their last breath.”
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Frase de exemploThe last days we spend with someone are not about their last breath.
greek23x no texto
“Years before all this, my father seemed to be compiling a playlist of Greek songs he wanted at his funeral.”
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Frase de exemploYears before all this, my father seemed to be compiling a playlist of Greek songs he wanted at his funeral.
greece21x no texto
“He rarely returned to Greece.”
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Frase de exemploHe rarely returned to Greece.
death18x no texto
““The forty?” She asks, meaning the memorial that takes place forty days after a death.”
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Frase de exemplo“The forty?” She asks, meaning the memorial that takes place forty days after a death.
said18x no texto
““I’m crying because, because,” he said to the nurse.”
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Frase de exemplo“I’m crying because, because,” he said to the nurse.
years17x no texto
“Years before all this, my father seemed to be compiling a playlist of Greek songs he wanted at his funeral.”
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Frase de exemploYears before all this, my father seemed to be compiling a playlist of Greek songs he wanted at his funeral.
been15x no texto
“My father’s memorial service had been in Michigan, weeks after his death, but there was no forty-day commemoration.”
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Frase de exemploMy father’s memorial service had been in Michigan, weeks after his death, but there was no forty-day commemoration.
don14x no texto
“I don’t know what possesses me, but I jump in and nearly feel my heartbeat stop.”
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Frase de exemploI don’t know what possesses me, but I jump in and nearly feel my heartbeat stop.
writes14x no texto
“They’re not clouds, she writes.”
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Frase de exemploThey’re not clouds, she writes.
might13x no texto
“As if she worries I might complain, write a Tripadvisor review, The pool was not heated.”
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Frase de exemploAs if she worries I might complain, write a Tripadvisor review, The pool was not heated.
last13x no texto
“The last days we spend with someone are not about their last breath.”
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Frase de exemploThe last days we spend with someone are not about their last breath.
died12x no texto
“He made it through August and died on the first of September.”
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Frase de exemploHe made it through August and died on the first of September.
though11x no texto
“As I walk through Athens that November, these lines run through and merge in my mind, as though they belong together.”
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Frase de exemploAs I walk through Athens that November, these lines run through and merge in my mind, as though they belong together.
walking11x no texto
“A song about a man walking through the city, not recognizing a face, not being recognized, and not recognizing himself.”
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Frase de exemploA song about a man walking through the city, not recognizing a face, not being recognized, and not recognizing himself.
mourning11x no texto
“There’s a distance between grieving and mourning, the potential of a wave just before it crests and breaks.”
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Frase de exemploThere’s a distance between grieving and mourning, the potential of a wave just before it crests and breaks.
hub10x no texto
“Henry is Released from Prison A Dialogue With the Facts: On Writing Literary Biography in a Post-Truth Age The Old Streets of Athens: On Living and Dying Away From One’s Homeland How Leprosy Was Used as a Weapon Against Hawaii’s Indigenous Population Literary Hub Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature Masthead About Sign Up For Our Newsletters How to Pitch Lit Hub Advertisers: Contact Us Privacy Policy Support Lit Hub - Become A Member If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org , whose fees support independent bookstores.”
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Frase de exemploHenry is Released from Prison A Dialogue With the Facts: On Writing Literary Biography in a Post-Truth Age The Old Streets of Athens: On Living and Dying Away From One’s Homeland How Leprosy Was Used as a Weapon Against Hawaii’s Indigenous Population Literary Hub Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature Masthead About Sign Up For Our Newsletters How to Pitch Lit Hub Advertisers: Contact Us Privacy Policy Support Lit Hub - Become A Member If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org , whose fees support independent bookstores.
seemed10x no texto
“Years before all this, my father seemed to be compiling a playlist of Greek songs he wanted at his funeral.”
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Frase de exemploYears before all this, my father seemed to be compiling a playlist of Greek songs he wanted at his funeral.
things10x no texto
“What sorts of things overshadow this landscape, what do I superimpose upon it, what is inextricable?”
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Frase de exemploWhat sorts of things overshadow this landscape, what do I superimpose upon it, what is inextricable?
streets9x no texto
“These old streets that I have loved and hated endlessly.”
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Frase de exemploThese old streets that I have loved and hated endlessly.
grief9x no texto
“The grief I cannot shed the way I’ve shed so many things in Athens.”
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Frase de exemploThe grief I cannot shed the way I’ve shed so many things in Athens.
eleni9x no texto
“Bellou was Eleni’s favorite singer—and it was Eleni who introduced me to her music.”
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Frase de exemploBellou was Eleni’s favorite singer—and it was Eleni who introduced me to her music.
felt8x no texto
“The vastness I’ve always felt in this city, the openness, had disappeared.”
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Frase de exemploThe vastness I’ve always felt in this city, the openness, had disappeared.
few8x no texto
“But Greek music was one of the few ways we could connect, so I was happy for them.”
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Frase de exemploBut Greek music was one of the few ways we could connect, so I was happy for them.
friends8x no texto
“I haven’t contacted friends or family; it feels necessary to spend some time alone.”
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Frase de exemploI haven’t contacted friends or family; it feels necessary to spend some time alone.
literary7x no texto
“I return to my room and have a coffee on my balcony—I have a literary preoccupation with balconies.”
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Frase de exemploI return to my room and have a coffee on my balcony—I have a literary preoccupation with balconies.
lit7x no texto
“After I lit those candles and before I descended, I took in this beautiful city, its streets and its stones, its balconies, its conversations, its tenderness, its belligerence, its lives, its fires, its mountains, its sparkling Aegean in the distance.”
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Frase de exemploAfter I lit those candles and before I descended, I took in this beautiful city, its streets and its stones, its balconies, its conversations, its tenderness, its belligerence, its lives, its fires, its mountains, its sparkling Aegean in the distance.
natalie7x no texto
““Natalie.” “It’s me,” he echoed.”
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Frase de exemplo“Natalie.” “It’s me,” he echoed.
rivers7x no texto
“The Athenian rivers are classical and modern; the story they tell depends upon which moment of time.”
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Frase de exemploThe Athenian rivers are classical and modern; the story they tell depends upon which moment of time.
public7x no texto
“That mourning, by definition, was public.”
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Frase de exemploThat mourning, by definition, was public.