"Looking back I sometimes think there should be a service one could gift the grieving. The quiet, steadfast presence of someone who still believes there is joy to be found. Someone willing to hunt for it on your behalf." #madmabel
"My father always said that diamonds never really belonged to anyone. They'll witness births and deaths, war and peace, feast and famine, and yet they'll live on..." #thestolenlifeifcolettemarceau@kristinharmel
"What if your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another?" ..."Then one must choose and make peace with it. Life brings us many challenges and dilemmas. Indecision and regret are where madness lies. Quiet certainty..." #Christmaswiththequeen 📕
Do not order @Starbucks delivery for an important meeting. They do not offer support for deliveries. They repeat that their policy is a credit for missed items (like a second "Coffee Traveler" @ $27.15 per box) but no refund on service fee, etc. We wanted the coffee. 🤦🏼♀️
...gazing at the many layers of absence. "This is life at this age," she muses. "A million goodbyes and you never know which are the final ones. You just absorb them like little shocks trusting with each one that you'll be able to keep moving forwards." #WeAllLiveHere@jojomoyes
"She still longed for people who were gone from her life and whom she'd lost but...regrets were a waste of time...'If only' was the bend in a troubling road." #thewomen@authorkristin
"...unbothered. My mother had modeled for me early on that the quickest route to unhappiness was to pay too much attention to anyone's disapproval, particularly someone you barely knew." #thenightwelosthim#lauradave
"It takes a lifetime to make a friend, but you can lose one in an hour… Life without a friend is life without sun. Life without a friend is death." @Lisa_See#ladytanscircleofwomen
Dearest mother —
The battleground has called for my glorious return. I’m thrilled to say, I shall heed that call.
I have reenlisted.
While my sidearm is permanently holstered — I shall help train other young men to be great soldiers. Please send care packages of squirrel oil and skunk cakes to our basecamp at Stanford. I love you.
— Andrew
"You need the cellulite as an energy reserve in case the patriarchs decide you're ugly and pointless and stop feeding you." 🤣 #sandwich#catherinenewman#somanylols