"It’s not easy to explain to those on the outside that when you love someone and they die, it breaks your soul (if you’re not keen on soul I just mean your ‘you’, your heart, your essence, your inner joy that makes everything okay. That’s what I mean by soul).
A piece of it breaks. You’re left with a gap inside you. I can describe it endlessly but until it happens to you, you won’t know the exact feeling."
- From the book ‘You Are Not Alone’ by Cariad Lloyd