“She wondered if dying was simply going to be an exercise in letting go of one thing after another.”
― Hello Beautiful
― Hello Beautiful
“We’re part of the sky, and the rocks in your mother’s garden, and that old man who sleeps by the train station. We’re all interconnected, and when you see that, you see how beautiful life is. Your mother and sisters don’t have that awareness. Not yet, anyway. They believe they’re contained in their bodies, in the biographical facts of their lives.”
― Hello Beautiful
― Hello Beautiful
“She was no longer who she used to be, and she wasn't yet whoever she was becoming.”
― Hello Beautiful
― Hello Beautiful
“Opportunity did not knock until I built the door.”
― Hello Beautiful
― Hello Beautiful
“When your love for a person is so profound that it’s part of who you are, then the absence of the person becomes part of your DNA, your bones, and your skin.”
― Hello Beautiful
― Hello Beautiful
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