“It’s like I’m trying to keep the bad away with one hand while holding on to the good with the other, and it just doesn’t work. It’s stupid. I need both hands. So I guess I just have to spread… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“Ah, selfish. There’s that word again.” Sherry smirked. “It’s been hurled at me many a time, because being a mother and wife is all… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“What good were fate and fortune anyway? If there was some sort of plan she was supposed to follow, it was unreadable to her… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“It was a lesson she was still learning. When she had first started nursing, she had taken every death personally, like she was losing… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“Not only was [her dog] a good companion, he was also like a permission slip to be more present in the world.” — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to point out someone else’s mistake, harder to recognize your own. Especially because most people—except the lucky few like ourselves—are forced to… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“She loved him, and she was going to do everything she could to get him back. She hadn’t come this far just to walk… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“I see you, and I suddenly forget why I was keeping score. That’s why I stayed away, I guess. It was a last-ditch effort… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“I can promise you that I could be sent back to live this year a hundred times, and I would always choose you. I… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“It’s like I’m trying to keep the bad away with one hand while holding on to the good with the other, and it just… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“She watched Sprocket rolling in the grass on his back with joyful abandon. That was why people loved dogs. Dogs embraced life and savored… — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
“She felt empty yet full, spent yet bursting with energy, drowsy yet wide awake. She felt love.” — Andrea Lochen Copy Share Image
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