Julie Reece Deaver > Quotes

“There are friends, I think we can't imagine living without. People who are sisters to us, or brothers. Jimmy was one of those. I never thought I might have to go through life without him. I never thought he might be killed by a drunken driver or anything else. Who thinks about things like that when you're seventeen? If I had known ahead of time what was going to happen to him, I would have gone crazy. I guess I did go a little crazy. My Aunt Lo, who's a hospital psychiatrist, says grief travels a certain route-that if you could plot it out on a map you'd have a line that twists and weaves and eventually ends up near the point of departure. I say "near" because although
you may survive the grief, you won't ever be exactly the same. It took me a long time to learn that, and sometimes the whole experience comes back on me and I have to learn it all over again.”
― Julie Reece Deaver, Say Goodnight, Gracie

“That's what it's all about–knowing what you have to lose, but risking the loss anyway.”
― Julie Reece Deaver, Say Goodnight, Gracie

“You're like a tour guide for reality.”
― Julie Reece Deaver, The Night I Disappeared

“and while he did all the actual dancing, I remember whirling around and around the porch those hot summer days so long ago and never wanting to stop.”
― Julie Reece Deaver

“grief travels a certain route-that if you could plot it out on a map you'd have a line that twists and weaves and eventually ends up near the point of departure. I say "near" because although you may survive the grief, you won't ever be exactly the same.”
― Julie Reece Deaver, Say Goodnight, Gracie