Shannon Simpson

“Multiple studies have shown, for instance, that heterosexual women who are married and have children do not live as long as women who are single and childless. Why? Because women give themselves to death.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River

“True love always liberates the beloved,”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River

“This is Kriah. People like us, we rend our clothing so that everyone knows there is a matching tear inside our hearts.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“That’s the thing about your own grief. No one can ever know it but you.”
― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune