“The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.”
― Ordinary Grace
― Ordinary Grace
“And as with prayer, which is a dipping of oneself toward the light, there is a consequence of attentiveness to the grass itself, and the sky itself, and to the floating bird. I too leave the fret and enclosure of my own life. I too dip myself toward the immeasurable.”
― Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems
― Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems
“...I knew in the end the guilt of one side did not prove the innocence of the other.”
― Girl at War
― Girl at War
“I think the only answer is to live life to the fullest while you can and collect memories like fools collect money. Because in the end, that's all you have - happy memories.”
― Kindred Spirits
― Kindred Spirits
“The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you”
― The Last Book in the Universe
― The Last Book in the Universe
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