Taquoya Baker

“Life is a series of checks and balances, sowing and reaping.”
― Jessica Nelson, Remember Love

“tries, and tries very hard, but she doesn’t know what it’s like to be the sole survivor, the only one left of one’s contemporaries. They’ve all gone now. They’re all dead and buried. My dearest friends, my loved ones. Even my enemies are no longer around to get my goat and spark the will in me to fight.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, Hold the Dream

“Isn’t the point of our existence not how long we live, but how well we live? I have to admit dying at age twenty-nine is a tragic loss for family and friends left behind to mourn, but didn’t Shannen live a meaningful life…a life worth remembering? Remember, she had you and her family to love and support her. To be there for her during her triumphs and disappointments.”
― Roxy Wilson, He's So Into You

“It was part of what made his relationship so special with Kate. They had fragile hours, fragile times that could be brought to an abrupt end so easily. And he wanted to do his job. He wanted to be the guy everyone depended on. And yes, even with the potential of sacrifice, he still wanted to do it.”
― Sharon Hamilton, SEAL of My Heart