Six Goodbyes We Never Said
Candace GangerSözler ve Alıntılar
“Confidence grows when we step out of our comfort zone and do something different.”
Sayfa 23
"How are you?”
“I don’t have an easy answer for that.”
Sayfa 102
“Smiling tricks the mind and body into thinking you aren’t in pain,”
Sayfa 24
“Hard work reveals who people really are. When the going gets tough, some hide and others rise.”
Sayfa 19
“Those are the souls who need compassion most,” Mom would say. “The ones broken by the world, angry and afraid of trusting. You must remind them that they are not alone. Nothing can be lost in trying. Remember that always, my darling.”
Sayfa 17
“You can never know someone’s pain or happiness until you’ve stepped inside their shoes,” my mother would say.
“What if their shoes don’t fit?” I’d ask. “If our lives are too different?”
“Find a connection; something similar enough that all the differences bounce off the table completely, like Ping-Pong balls. If we look past things that divide us, humanity will find a way to shine through.”
No one should step inside my shoes unless they’re prepared to understand the kind of grief that’s whole-body and constant.
Sayfa 15
As the clock moves forward, I feel that pull of time passing. Like oars dropped in the ocean, I scramble to grab ahold. But, losing time doesn’t change what’s happened.
Sayfa 24