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“A mother can do all things humanly possible for children and yet cannot keep them alive.”
― Things in Nature Merely Grow
― Things in Nature Merely Grow
“The only cure for grief is to grieve. The only cure for hurt is to hurt. Every tear is a tribute. Every tear is a memory, every memory is a treasure.”
― Love Stories
― Love Stories
“This idea inverts the logic of Elizabeth Bishop: our largest losses, it suggests, can help us cope with our smaller ones, by putting them in perspective.”
― Lost & Found: A Memoir
― Lost & Found: A Memoir
“Never feel that you’re obliged to show your pain to the world,” she said. “Very few people deserve to see your tears.”
― Things in Nature Merely Grow
― Things in Nature Merely Grow
“My garden is not a metaphor for hope or regeneration, the flowers are never tasked to be the heralds for brightness and optimism. Things in nature merely grow. There is no suicidal or angry rose, there is no depressed or rebellious lily. Plants have but one goal: to live. In order to live they grow when they can, and go into dormancy if needed. They live until they die—and either they die as destined by nature or are cut down by other elements in nature. A garden is a placeholder. Flowers are placeholders.”
― Things in Nature Merely Grow
― Things in Nature Merely Grow
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