“We do not get to choose when in our lives we feel pain," said Matthew. "It comes when it comes, and we try to remember, even though we cannot imagine a day when it will release its hold on us, that all pain fades. All misery passes. Humanity is drawn to light, not darkness.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold
“But it was one thing to say it with her head, and another for her heart to believe it and stop sending pain signals to her soul.”
― The Murmur of Bees
― The Murmur of Bees
“I had expected to die on many occasions before now. You might even say that death has been a companion of mine, always walking two steps behind. Well, now he has caught up.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“It is true that we have many ways of coping with loss,’ he said. ‘And grief is never rational.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“Sighing, I stare out over the ocean, thinking how incredible it would be to end up in the tiny bellies of fish. To forever be part of the sea.”
― Master of Salt & Bones
― Master of Salt & Bones
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