Jaime Pierce

“People don't talk about death. Not really. People fear it. Ignore it. Deny it. They're happy to blow one another's heads off in those infernal video games or devour horrific films where people are murdered in the most gruesome of ways, while refusing to face the reality of what death is or to have a grown-up discussion about what it means.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“Eudora stands back and appraises what’s left of her life. It doesn’t look like much, but then what are humans when it comes down to it? We arrive with nothing, accumulate far too much, and leave with nothing.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Be humble for you are made of earth Be noble for you are made of stars. —SERBIAN PROVERB”
― Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur