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“Your life is still your life, Lyds. You’re still here, inconveniently breathing, watching the sun go down and the moon come up regardless of whether you think it’s got a damn nerve showing its shiny face every day.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
“Grief is an odd thing. It's mine and no one can do it for me but, there's been a whole supporting cast of silent actors around me in the wings.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
“You don’t get over losing someone you love in six months or two years or twenty, but you do have to find a way to carry on living without feeling as if everything that comes afterward is second best. Some people walk up mountains, others throw themselves out of planes. Everyone has to find their own way back, and if they’re lucky they’ll have people who love them to hold their hand.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
“Children are such a wave, the birthing and caring and rearing. When you’re in the throes it all seems interminable. Then, whoosh, it’s over.”
― Call Your Daughter Home
― Call Your Daughter Home
“I think I’ve been trying too hard to be everything to everyone.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
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