Roxanne Sahlin

“Disease may invade the bodies of patients, but the experience of illness devastates all those around them. Suffering demands that others bear witness, and family members are assigned front-row seats.”
― Bloomsbury Publishing, The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

“And broken hearts cast long, dark shadows.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“Evanelle went to sleep that afternoon, lulled by the hum of her oxygen machine, thinking of how we always remember those we love when they’re the happiest. She hoped that when her family thought of her, they would think of her at this moment, warm in her bed, clear air in her lungs, happy that she’d had this life, this strange, beautiful life full of strange gifts, given and received.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“We all have to be strong in honor of Hooves. He wasn’t the kind of spirit that people go bawling and crying about. In his honor, be strong.”
― Maeve Binchy, Minding Frankie