Thing of Beauty

'A disproportionate number of the people mentioned in the books (or their close associates) had died before I even came to this story. [...]. Many more people died during the course of my research. [...]. On at least five occasions, people who had agreed to speak with me, or were considering my request, died before the interviews could take place.' Stephen Fried

"Usually, when you're in therapy with somebody and they start crying, the therapist can hold it together. Gia's crying... was almost like it could click off other people's crying. It was a deep, sobbing-type cry. She would cry in group and the other women would cry. It was just this immense pain that would just sort of come out, and it would leave a lot of her peers feeling real helpless, like there was nothing you could do to take away all of this. It was like she had tons of bricks on her."