Abigail Bee

“We don’t have children to fulfill our dreams. Children allow us to let go of the dreams we were never meant to fulfill.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“I have cared for enough end-of-life patients with varying religious backgrounds to believe that how you live your life is more important than what you believe in.”
― Hadley Vlahos, The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

“...You've known from the first that I am yoked to a ruthless master, that in fact I sought you out under his orders, that I disrupted my life and dishonored my home and tore myself open at his behest, all for you." He swallowed. "All for you. Do you really not see what you've done to me? In a matter of days you've stripped me down and upended my world. My hours are in disarray, my future is in chaos, and my head--my head--"
He turned away and grimaced, his fists clenching, and Alizeh thought her heart might stop.
"And instead of being angry," he went on, "instead of driving you away, instead of wishing we've never met--I keep staring at that fucking cut on your neck, Alizeh, and I want to die.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“Knowing that I am being guided, remembering that we never know what others around us are going through, and having confidence that this life isn't the end have all helped me live in a way that I believe I will be proud of when I get to the end of my own life...”
― Hadley Vlahos R.N., The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments