“We all need something to soften the sharp edges. To give us balance. Otherwise, I think we'd find ourselves stumbling around in… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I reached for Helen's hand, and felt her squeeze back, accepting that I would understand more than most the missing part of… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“We've learned that great tragedy gives us opportunities for great kindness. It's like a needed reminder that the human spirit is alive… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“She thought of the horse with his scars and wondered if having them so visible wasn't preferable to the hidden kind where… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I think that her life was about finding the extraordinary in every day. It was how she could sit in her garden… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Maybe with Sara's accident he had finally begun to see that life continued after a fall and that the hands that reached… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I wish I could change things for you, make it so this all doesn't have to hurt so much. But that's the… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I noticed again the bruised oaks nearby, and their gallant attempts to flourish as if their scars didn't exist. "Why did some… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I stared back at him, trying to think of a way to explain how I'd eradicated the word "want" from my vocabulary… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I looked around the garden, the sun feeling warm on my back. "So why are you here? I would think you'd want… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I can not regret what I have learned. Regardless of what you decide and what becomes of us, it will not change… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Do you know how diamonds are made?" She gazed steadily at him, the light turning her green eyes transparent. He didn't wait… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Storms bring the detritus of other people's lives into our own, a reminder that we are not alone, and of how truly… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“When everything you're about to see is too much, look up and see that the sky is clear and know that everything… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk back up to Heaven and bring you home again.” — Karen White Copy Share Image
Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing. — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Some are called to be gardeners of souls, and she'd tended hers with the blind dedication that accepted the floods and famine along with… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“It's good to be a little nervous. God compensates those with a lack of talent with an overabundance of self-confidence. -Gigi” — Karen White Copy Share Image
“It bonded us. Branded us as best friends. Because I will always remember that when I told her I needed help burying a body,… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“I looked around the garden, the sun feeling warm on my back. "So why are you here? I would think you'd want to be… — Karen White Copy Share Image
Sometimes we make decisions because it seems to be the only path visible at the moment. It's only later that we see there was… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Love is all about sacrifices—big and small ones. It’s only when you know how much you could give up for somebody that you know… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Jude says it's because that's the way I look at life_ it's so much more exciting when you don't know what's on the other… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“...hearing again the words from the Gullah woman, All shut-eye ain't sleep; all good-bye ain't gone.” — Karen White Copy Share Image
