Paula

“Tears came to my eyes and grief ambushed me, as if it had been lying in wait all along.”
― Lisa Scottoline, What Happened to the Bennetts

“The great American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, ‘It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.’ You don’t need a long lifetime to make an impact on this world. You just need the will to do so.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Measure

“The tree, of course, felt like the perfect structure. The tree of life. The tree of knowledge. The reminder that we will all find our ultimate rest beneath the soil, nourishing the life that grows above us.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Measure

“I watched a lot of people come to the end, and everyone around them kept begging them to fight. It takes real strength to keep on fight, and yes, usually that’s the right answer. Keep fighting, keep holding on, no matter what. But sometimes I think we forget that it also takes strength to be able to let go.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Measure