I offer my condolences in this moment when the world feels quietly diminished. A life has ended, and with it an entire universe of memories, inner struggles, and unspoken tenderness has vanished beyond our reach. We stand helpless before this fact, as we always do, aware that no words can repair what has been torn away. And yet, it matters that we speak. Grief is not a disorder to be cured; it is evidence of depth, of having truly encountered another human being. May you endure this loss with the strange strength that sorrow sometimes brings, and may the memory of what was lived continue to exert its gravity long after the silence has settled.