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Betsy Gant
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Just because we want an explanation—just because we need an explanation—doesn’t mean the universe is obliged to provide one.”
“Did I get lonely? Of course, but those bouts of loneliness passed quickly, and I could always find comfort in my own company. Alice told me this is a strength that many people don’t have. The need for conformity and for the attention of others can lead to a life of misery.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“I don’t want to have to bounce back. Why hurt when you can just avoid it all in the first place?”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“My father was older, yes, but in my mind, still too young for death. I cursed them both, my mother and my father. They hadn’t prepared me for death.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“It seems unfair that time is almost up for me just when I’m finding true happiness again, but time is never a friend to the sick or the old.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
“Dying is something I have to do alone.”
― The Berry Pickers
― The Berry Pickers
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