Cathy Sly

“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

“In some ways, I’ll live on through Ellinor. One day, she might tell her kids about you, about me. I wonder what she’ll say.”
― Lisa Ridzén, When the Cranes Fly South

“Every blade of grass
holds a headline.
Every tree base is a bulletin board.
You call it dawdling.
I call it research.
The Way isn’t a straight path.
It’s a thousand scent trails
braided into meaning.”
― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Dogs

“Flowers don’t just bloom—they whisper stories of hope and courage in colors only the heart can see.”
― Pamela Cox