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> [“I want death to find me planting my cabbages, not concerned about it or—still less—my unfinished garden.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/i-want-death-to-find-me-planting-my-cabbages-not-concerned-about-it/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

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## More by Nina Riggs

> [“Here we are closer to something I am trying to understand: that openness to fear. We are hearts and stingers. We ride the tide.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/here-we-are-closer-to-something-i-am-trying-to-understand-that/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“I want death to find me planting my cabbages, not concerned about it or—still less—my unfinished garden.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/i-want-death-to-find-me-planting-my-cabbages-not-concerned-about-it/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“I am reminded of an image...that living with a terminal disease is like walking on a tightrope over an insanely scary abyss. But that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/i-am-reminded-of-an-image-that-living-with-a-terminal-disease-is-like/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“The drenched backyard full of runoff, and tiny, slimy, uncertain yard critters who had expected to remain buried in months of hard mud, peeking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/the-drenched-backyard-full-of-runoff-and-tiny-slimy-uncertain-yard/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“So many heads held up by hands.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/so-many-heads-held-up-by-hands/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“She is far from a hole in my life. She is an enormous presence”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/she-is-far-from-a-hole-in-my-life-she-is-an-enormous-presence/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“Sometimes I'm sad about everything; the way my grilled cheese sandwich tastes, how nice my socks feel, a song John is playing in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/sometimes-i-m-sad-about-everything-the-way-my-grilled-cheese-sandwich/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth, that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/our-life-is-an-apprenticeship-to-the-truth-that-around-every-circle-3/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“My friends ask a new kind of question: How is today? I hope the pain is manageable today.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/my-friends-ask-a-new-kind-of-question-how-is-today-i-hope-the-pain-is/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“Sometimes the most important thing is knowing when to quit. Sometimes being heroic is knowing when to say enough is enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/sometimes-the-most-important-thing-is-knowing-when-to-quit-sometimes/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

> [“For me, faith involves staring into the abyss, seeing that it is dark and full of the unknown—and being okay with that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-riggs/for-me-faith-involves-staring-into-the-abyss-seeing-that-it-is-dark/)

[Nina Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-riggs/)

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