“A great deal of tenderness, but it was the tenderness of a hospice nurse - of one committed to caring but too familiar with pain and parting to every truly or fully invest.” — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
“Certain outcomes are unavoidable, invariable, absolutely unaffectable, and yet completely unpredictable. Certain outcomes are that way.” — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
“And, suddenly, something new is now certain, something that we hadn't ever thought of before. There will come a day when we will think of Nora Lindell for the last time...Whatever the memory, we will think of her, wonder what might have been, and we won't even know it while it's happening, but it will be the last time we… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share
“We were growing up. It was one of those moments when you could practically feel the adult pushing out, pushing forward into the world.… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
“This is where I want to be. For the first time, this is exactly where I want to be.” — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
“Nora Lindell was gone. And, with Trey Stephens in jail, he was gone, too, in a way. By this time, we'd already lost Minka… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
“We packed our trunks and suitcases, prepared for our natural and necessary moves away from home. Outwardly, we breathed sighs of relief at the… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
“Words like lucky and advantages we knew, even at our young age, were upscale euphemisms for not poor, not the son of a drunk… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
“A great deal of tenderness, but it was the tenderness of a hospice nurse - of one committed to caring but too familiar with… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
