“Life is too short, too fragile, too precious to hide in the shadows of what might have been. If continuously looking behind, you risk missing the possibilities that lie ahead.”
“What you seek is what you will find, but only if you hunt it with all your heart and mind.”
― The Last Green Valley
― The Last Green Valley
“I . . . wish you . . . enough . . . ,” she whispers, sounding exhausted, then closes her eye. “Enough sun to light up your days, enough rain that you appreciate the sun. Enough joy to strengthen your soul, enough pain that you can appreciate life’s small moments of happiness, enough meetings that you can . . . say a farewell . . .”
― The Red Address Book
― The Red Address Book
“You used to be a human dynamo, it whispers. You used to throw yourself at things. You used to rise to any challenge. But have you actually done anything, anything at all of worth, in the last half a century? I”
― How the Penguins Saved Veronica
― How the Penguins Saved Veronica
“I was so afraid of you. Of how much I missed you and how much I loved you and how much I failed you.”
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
“It shows me once again how regret must be risked in order to discover delight. Because the result is wilder, fiercer, and more exhilarating than you’ve imagined. And you? You are much braver than you think.”
― Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
― Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
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