Mary

“In many ways, my father's grief hit me harder than anything else. It would be from the wreckage of this moment that he would reassemble the universe for us.”
― Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

“You wanted to cry. You knew you would not come back, would never see her again. These tiny endings are all over the place.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Ghost Lover

“And men never understood loving something that didn't breathe air. They didn't understand loving someone who didn't love you back, even if that person said they loved you.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Ghost Lover

“Telling yourself that something does not matter is one of the loneliest things you can do, because you only
say it, of course, about things that matter very much
But often, and this is the lonely part, they only mat-
ter to you.”
― Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast