Daniel Cañueto

“The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss—you have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward health. The mind, too, in steps. One step at a time. Ask a mother who has just lost a child, How many children do you have? "Four," she will say, "—three," and years later, "Three," she will say, "—four.”
― Amy Hempel, The Collected Stories

“The other day I was playing Scrabble. I saw that I could close the space in D-E- -Y. I had an N and an F. Which do you think I chose? What was the word I made?”
― Amy Hempel, The Collected Stories

“There's no such thing as luck. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”
― Amy Hempel

“Just because you have stopped sinking doesn't mean you're not still underwater.”
― Amy Hempel