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“...the kind of weather that reminds you after a long winter that while the world wasn't built for humans, we were built for the world. t”
“Memories are of the ethereal, and not the material world, that is how I know I am forever.”
“Till the time Mother Nature takes away what she had bestowed upon us for free - this wonderful gift, of life. Value it, while you have it.”
“It is no use dying, before one does.”
“After you die, a rare friend or family member may carry your memory throughout life. Most will forget you. As if you were never here.”
“If you lived a good life, you either lived to save or died to save that which must be saved and kept. Your life would never be meaningless. Not even for a moment.”
“There is a continuity in our livesa strain of music that flows through it all, unaltered by death or pain. It is true that in the face of pain and death, we are very small. But in the face of life ...”
“We try so hard to put our mark on things, we like to tell ourselves that what we do has import or will last. But the truth is, we're all just passing through. So little survives us. And when we're ...”
“Sometimes Edith came into the room and sat on the bed beside him and they talked. They talked of trivial things of people they knew casually, of a new building going up on the campus, of an old on...”
“I sit with my knees pulled in tight and my arms wrapped around my shins. I can no longer feel my feet, as if blood refuses to spread so far from my heart.”
“It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.”
“Why do we as humans always tend to remember the worse things about people? We may know someone for many years, know them as vibrant and healthy, yet when they fall ill and pass away, we can only pi...”
“As I listened I felt a dull numbness, like the effect of chloroform, rather than the primal, anarchic agony you usually feel when you encounter someone you have loved now turned to dust, in some ob...”
“Dry fingers of decaying branches protruded upward, above what was left of the canopy of green. They rattled like skeletal bones, grasping for a final breath from the last silvery clouds of evening ...”
“For death is the only certain thing in life,and despite this clich being an absolute truth, with only the timing varying from one person to another, we never seem to be prepared for it. It is regar...”
“I miss your face. That big bright smile. You always had it, in any weather. It's hard for me to find one these days. These cold November days. Except when I think of you.”
“Grief ate at these doctors, distracting them from both their families and their patients. Many reported withdrawing from emotional involvement with their patients and that their patients had notice...”
“Every road leads to sorrow. All aspects that make life beautiful friendship, love, art, and truth will end. All aspects that make life hideous pain, poverty, illness, betrayal, hate, crime, war ...”
“Mama, I love you and miss you so very much. The absence of of your physical presence propels me further into understanding the spirit. I am inspired to be aware and mindful of everything around me ...”
“In her room death would come as a friend, a friend with cool gentle hands . . .”
