“This, I think, is what it is to dream, and I finally understand why Mom could never give it up, why my authors can’t give it up, and I’m happy for them, because this wanting, it feels good, like a bruise you need to press on, a reminder that there are things in life so valuable that you must risk the pain of losing them for the joy of briefly having them.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“The secret to a beautiful death is living a beautiful life.”
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
“Be cautiously reckless.”
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
“Maybe it’s possible to have more than one home. Maybe it’s possible to belong in a hundred different ways to a hundred different people and places.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“while a mother who miscarries might not have ever had the chance to hold that child, they had plenty. of time to love them, to dream and hope for them. And that means their grief is twofold - they're not just grieving the child, but the life they never got to experience. Who are we to tell anyone their pain isn't worthy?”
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
― The Collected Regrets of Clover
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