5 quotes found
“Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.”
“If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.”
“Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just because you have come face-to-face with a catastrophe. The garbage can still overflow, the bills ...”
“Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about ...”
“You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span of a child's hand. Life turns on a dime, and - it turns out - so ...”
