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Meaning
The quote suggests that grief can fade faster than we expect, and that the dead stop occupying everyday curiosity. It contrasts the way we think about the living with the way we stop asking questions about those who have died.
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Source
The Heart of the Matter (2018)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
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The phrase appears in the book "The Heart of the Matter (2018)" by Graham Greene (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Graham Greene
English writer and journalist
Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist. He lived in the 20th century and is widely regarded as one of the leading novelists of that era. He wrote across journalism and fiction, but it is as a novelist that he is best known. His work helped define 20th-century English literature, and he remains closely associated with that tradition.
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Books by Graham Greene
The Quiet American
1955
Brighton Rock
2000
The Power and the Glory
1991
The End of the Affair
1991
The heart of the matter
2013