In the face of events that threaten to overwhelm our lives, storytelling gives us a way of reclaiming ourselves and reaffirming our connections with other people-those who listen to our stories and, by doing so, bear witness with us. — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud and to know that the… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
When a man finds the one woman who is right, it scarcely matters what else is wrong. — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“Then I shall be devastated. My heart will be crushed as thoroughly as dust beneath your feet". "Oh, we can't have that". Her eyes… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
Silly of me not to have realized it. One often finds Greek temples lurking in the woods of English estates. Sneaky things, temples. — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
As I have yet to meet a gentleman I wished to spend the rest of my days with, I would say the failure was… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
It must be quite difficult, concealing your superior male qualities behind a mask of feigned humility.” Why, Gillian, it’s that very ability that makes… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“I doubt you would recognize an adventure of any sort if it came right up and bit you on the a--- Mother! I was… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“I was lying!" "Why did you have to choose that moment to do it so well?" "Because I had to make you believe me!… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“You want to kiss me now,Matthew. I can see it in the look in your eyes." "I want to do considerably more than kiss… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
“I never said I wouldn't come - only that I understood why you didn't want me to come.' 'You led me to believe you… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
Suicide is unspeakable, and to speak it is somehow to bring it into a human, imaginable sphere, even if only in the moment of… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
