Amy Lawson

“Throughout her life, whenever Mom was sad or confuse or disoriented, she could never concentrate on television, she said, but always sought refuge in a book. Books focused her mind, calmed her, took her outside of herself; television jangled her nerves.”
― Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club

“This, I finally realized, was how Mom was able to focus when I was not. It was how she was able to be present with me, present with the people at a benefit or the hospital. She felt whatever emotions she felt, but feeling was never a useful substitute for doing, and she never let the former get in the way of the latter. If anything, she used her emotions to motivate her and help her concentrate. The emphasis for her was always on doing what needed to be done. I had to learn this lesson while she was still there to teach me.”
― Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club

“We are, as we die, who we most were in life...”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“I woke up!" he replied, eye twinkling in his haggard face, "and that's reason enough to be happy!”
― Ron Hall & Denver Moore