Sandy McCloud

“In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that had been lost.”
― Kristin Hannah, Night Road

“In Beauvoir’s experience Darwin was way wrong. The fittest didn’t survive. They were killed by the idiocy of their neighbors, who continued to bumble along oblivious.”
― Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling

“But he didn’t pick up his rebab, although I waited for the music; I needed it like water. My mind was so full of cracks.”
― Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

“The word holistic combines whole and holy, not in a specifically religious sense but in a way that deeply respects the perfection of each human soul and sees the body as an instrument that assists the soul in its tasks. Diseases and symptoms—from simple aches and pains to metastatic cancer—are also part of that perfect design. By showing us where the body is hurt, they show us precisely where the soul needs to work next.”
― Gladys McGarey, The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age