Cathy Sly

“She still thought of herself as young but understood that she was not.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything

“A mother stays even when she's gone, like a muted moon in the daytime sky.”
― Sarah Damoff, The Bright Years

“Having a heart is heavy, far too heavy for some of us. But Ted had promised to try.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“A few quotes to entice you:

"I never used to do this, dwelling on things and getting myself all worked up, but every single part of my life is delicate now. I feel a sudden fondness for the old man in the mirror. It's not bloody easy, being human."

“Young folks today just aren’t right; they race about like they’ve only got a week left to live.”

“Abandon her? Which of us has been abandoned, I want to ask. You’re not the one stuck with a lifetime’s worth of memories in a body that’s slowly withering away.”

“How can it be better for me when it’s not what I want?’ My voice breaks. I’m so damn tired of everyone else deciding what’s best for me.”

“No one has ever told me that it’s normal for a person’s eyes to well up so easily as they age, for the tears to find a foothold in virtually every memory.”
― Lisa Ridzén, When the Cranes Fly South