57 quotes found
“I love you every day,Mom”
“Every family is a ghost story.”
“A funeral is no place for secrets.”
“Kids chase the love that eludes them.”
“Remember me for these days, not the old ones.”
“Never tell a child that something its too hard”
“When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.”
“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”
“She put one hand on mine. When someone is in your heart, theyre never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.”
“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”
“I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day.”
“Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them.”
“Going back to something is harder than you think.”
“You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.”
“It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.”
“I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.”
“Its funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on r...”
“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”
“But she wasnt around, and thats the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.”
“I hope you never hear those words. Your mom. She died. They are different than other words. They are too big to fit in your ears. They belong to some strange, heavy, powerful language that pounds a...”
“You have one family, Charley. For good or bad. You have one family. You cant trade them in. You cant lie to them. You cant run two at once, substituting back and forth.Sticking with your family is ...”
“Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the fam...”
“I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, i...”
“...But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”
