“Among other things, Kathryn knew, grief was physically exhausting.”
“She has been surprised by grief, its constancy, its immediacy, its unrelenting physical pain.”
“There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.”
“There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.”
“The words seemed to bite physically into Gatsby.”