What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?

It hurts when they're gone. And it doesn't matter if it's slow or fast, whether it's a long drawn-out disease or an unexpected accident. When they're gone the world turns upside down and you're left holding on, trying not to fall off.

siguió evocando hasta el amanecer las excelencias del marido, sin reprocharle otra deslealtad que la de haberse muerto sin ella, y redimida por la certidumbre de que nunca había sido tan suyo como lo era entonces, dentro de un cajón clavado con doce clavos de tres pulgadas, y a dos metros debajo de la tierra.
—Soy feliz —dijo— porque sólo ahora sé con seguridad dónde está cuando no está en la casa.

Death is tough for the people left behind on earth.

The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you left behind want to stop living.

Closed eyes, heart not beating, but a living love.