Emily

“The being happy. It’s so much easier, to learn to love what you have instead of yearning always for what you’re missing, or what you imagine you’re missing. It’s so much more peaceful.”
― Anna Quindlen, One True Thing

“At a certain point, memory begins to be a burden.”
― Laurie Colwin, Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object

“Alone. She realized how much she had missed the luxury of solitude, and knew that its occasional comfort would always be essential to her. The pleasure of being on one's own was not so much spiritual as sensuous, like wearing silk, or swimming without a bathing suit, or walking along a totally empty beach with the sun on your back. One was restored by solitude. Refreshed.”
― Rosamunde Pilcher, Coming Home

“Later, still pale and weak-kneed, I told Marcia and Steenie that they didn’t need to help me walk and they let go of my arms and stood back. “A real sport,” Steenie said. “Just threw himself on that horse and hugged him like a brother.” “I didn’t realize until now that we’ve been playing the game wrong all this time,” Marcia said. “It doesn’t mean a thing until you crawl right into the horse.” “I’d throw up some more if I had anything left to throw,” I said.”
― Richard Bradford, Red Sky at Morning