Darlene

“Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing.”
― Karen White, The Time Between

“Storms bring the detritus of other people's lives into our own, a reminder that we are not alone, and of how truly insignificant we are. The indiscriminating waves had brutalized the shore, tossing pieces of splintered timber, an intact china teacup, and a gentleman's watch—still with its cover and chain—onto my beloved beach, each coming to rest as if placed gently in the sand as a shopkeeper would display his wares. As I rubbed my thumb over the smooth lip of the china cup, I thought of how someone's loss had become my gain, of how the tide would roll in and out again as if nothing had changed, and how sometimes the separation between endings and beginnings is so small that they seem to run together like the ocean's waves.”
― Karen White, Sea Change

“The highway of life was littered with the roadkill of those who didn't know when to change lanes.”
― Karen White, After the Rain

“A breeze flew through, picking up some leaves and swirling them around, the sound like fluttering pages in a quiet library.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost