Maryanne Pope > Quotes

“Don’t let anyone tell you how long it will take for you to heal—but be aware that time is passing, whether you’re healing or not.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“But I don’t WANT it to get easier! I don’t want to get over him!”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Sometimes the busier we allow ourselves to be, the more anxious and upset we are when alone again.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Do not lie to yourself about the fact of death, choosing instead to become consumed by the psychological reaction to it—what we call grief.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Love can be neither created or destroyed, it just changes form.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Nothing worthwhile is ever easy. There are no shortcuts.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“I don’t wanna be married to a spirit. I want my husband back.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“But I do know. I know Sam is going to die. I know his death is meant to be. And I know that someday, I’ll be alright again. But I’m sure as hell not gonna tell his mother this.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Maybe that’s what happens with soul mates: when one side of the coin loses its shine, so too does the other.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“But you know, an old-fashioned Jesus-raising-the-dead style miracle would be lovely right now.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Don’t pretend you’re OK, when it feels as if your heart has been ripped from your body but you’re not lucky enough to die along with it.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“HE’S DEAD,’ I scream, “BUT HE’S NOT FORGOTTEN!”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Respect isn’t granted,’ Sam had repeatedly reminded me, ‘it must be earned.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Bullshit filters are your best line of defence against all the crap coming at you. Remember…you choose what you let into your mind”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“It’s a big world out there. I’d forgotten how big it is.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“I’ll stick around for seven months,’ I tell him, ‘but after that I’m not making any promises.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Do not underestimate the immense power of love and its unexplainable mysteries.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“I’ve learned more about love, loss and life in the last two months than I did in thirty-two years.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“I’m scared shitless I’m gonna wake up twenty years from now and still not have finished writing a book.’
He looks me in the eye. ‘You’re probably right about that – as long as you know that it’ll have been your choice.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“For what’s the point of there being a purpose if it remains unknown?”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“But how could Sam be in a parade at the Happiest Place on Earth one week, and his own funeral procession the next?”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“I just think that you’re going to have to find your own path.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Let’s go big or go home,’ I say to him, ‘just like Vegas.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“Although I know our family and friends and the officers close to Sam won’t forget him, is simply remembering enough?”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“But Sam had always said that coming home to me at the end of every shift was his top priority. So what went wrong?”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening

“I love you,’ I whisper in his ear.
No response.
‘I love you.’
Nothing.
‘I love you, Sam.’
My silent treatment had been reinstated.”
― Maryanne Pope, A Widow's Awakening