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Quote #10
The thought came to Wendy that a person didn't just die in a single instant, but gradually, in stages. She had begun to lose her mother that day in September, but it was still happening, a little at a time, as if her mother had been on a little boat that was very gradually drifting out to sea, or holding on to a balloon that kept on rising till you couldn't see it anymore. (15.69)
Now that Wendy has encountered the first big death in her life, she realizes it's not as simple as people make it out to be. She doesn't just lose her mother once—she loses her again and again as she relives the times they shared.