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> [“It’s what I lost. I could see him turning the sentence around in his head. Examining it as he would a wound or an illness. And I saw in his eyes the moment he realized that fixers like him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/it-s-what-i-lost-i-could-see-him-turning-the-sentence-around-in-his/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

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## More by Susan Meissner

> [“Life is wonderful and beautiful but oh, how hard it can be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/life-is-wonderful-and-beautiful-but-oh-how-hard-it-can-be/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“Poetry speaks slowly. My mother told me that. We are usually too much in a hurry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/poetry-speaks-slowly-my-mother-told-me-that-we-are-usually-too-much/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“Everything in my life suddenly shifted into focus. It was like time froze and I was given a dazzling moment to comprehend the difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/everything-in-my-life-suddenly-shifted-into-focus-it-was-like-time/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“Everything beautiful has a story it wants to tell'" she said reading aloud the store's tagline at the top of the form.. "I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/everything-beautiful-has-a-story-it-wants-to-tell-she-said-reading/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“Death doesn't ever look at shoulda, though, does it? Death looks at nothing. It just does what it's meant to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/death-doesn-t-ever-look-at-shoulda-though-does-it-death-looks-at/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“You shouldn't imagine things that you haven't a shred of proof happened...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/you-shouldn-t-imagine-things-that-you-haven-t-a-shred-of-proof/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [The past hadn't been erased just because a new future had been handed it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/the-past-hadn-t-been-erased-just-because-a-new-future-had-been-handed/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“What's there to remember if not the good things?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/what-s-there-to-remember-if-not-the-good-things/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“thoughts are not things you can give or not give. Thoughts are thrust upon you. You can only hope that thoughts that you don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/thoughts-are-not-things-you-can-give-or-not-give-thoughts-are-thrust/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“Shut your eyes to the world of pain, and you also shut your eyes to the world of delight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/shut-your-eyes-to-the-world-of-pain-and-you-also-shut-your-eyes-to/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“Hurried people miss many things. They see only what is right on top. . . .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/hurried-people-miss-many-things-they-see-only-what-is-right-on-top/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [We moved wordlessly from one room to another, from the room of the dead to the room where time lay in pages everywhere I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/we-moved-wordlessly-from-one-room-to-another-from-the-room-of-the/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“There is a calming aura at the ocean’s edge, despite the frothing foam, crashing waves and roaring white noise. The ocean looks the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/there-is-a-calming-aura-at-the-ocean-s-edge-despite-the-frothing-foam/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“People who say everything happens for a reason usually say that only when they agree with the reason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/people-who-say-everything-happens-for-a-reason-usually-say-that-only/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

> [“Terrible things can happen to you that leave you unable to risk trusting the world with what you love; I know this better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meissner/terrible-things-can-happen-to-you-that-leave-you-unable-to-risk/)

[Susan Meissner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meissner/)

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