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“1- Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
― Dennis Waller, Zen and Tao, A Little Book on Buddhist Thought and Meditation

“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that are gone. Just when the day comes—when there's a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that she's gone, forever—there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“Remember why you are with the person you are with. They chose you for a good reason. You are special, and that is not just some spiel that I am saying to get you to smile. You really are, just like I have said all throughout this book, every person here on this beautiful planet is amazingly unique in their own special ways.”
― Jennifer Corter, Positivity in Pain

“There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a month. That after 42 days you will no longer turn with your heart racing, certain you have heard her call out your name. That there will be no fine imposed if you feel the need to clean out her desk; take down her artwork from the refrigerator; turn over a school portrait as you pass - if only because it cuts you fresh again to see it. That it's okay to measure the time she has been gone, the way we once measured her birthdays.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper