Nicole

“They only knew their small”
― Clarissa V. Militante, Different Countries

“Do your work. It might not be your best work, but it will be good work, and it will be what saves you.” Deborah had followed that advice and taken her grief back into the field, reporting on the plight of Syrian refugees. I could imagine doing that: subsuming my sadness in the dire hardships of others. What I couldn’t imagine was crawling back to my desk to do the work of imagination.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Memorial Days

“I’m not sure if our modern secular world has the capacity to come up with a gentler way of dealing with bereavement.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Memorial Days

“He’s still with us through those books on our bedside tables, by the tub, in our handbags, and on our reading chairs—in our hearts, in our minds, in his words. At his best, whenever we choose to seek him out. Given the inevitability of loss, I can think of no greater consolation than that.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Memorial Days