“Knowing how to make a life mean something, to wring out its worth when it was right there in one’s hands instead of just wishing about it afterward, or imagining how it could have been, or should have been, different.” — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“Knowing how to make a life mean something, to wring out its worth when it was right there in one’s hands instead of just… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“Well, if you’re patient enough anything’s bound to come around sooner or later.” — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“... The world could change in an instant, and she needed to be mindful of where she was, to live with intention, to always… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“You tried to teach me this years ago, how getting to the good stuff required a free fall into the unknown, that that was… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“But not every kind of love called for action. Some demanded one stay put, allowing for nothing more than it to be exactly as… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“loving someone, loving anyone, even those long gone, was of consequence, and not loving them was of consequence, too.” — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“Take it in doses along the way, or get it all at once, but get it, you will. And what a grand finale it… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“packet of new toothbrushes because there’s the familiar sound of him brushing his teeth. He taps it on the side of the porcelain when… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“understanding, even then, that the moment had meant something, that the world could change in an instant, and she needed to be mindful of… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“It was as much a memorial to them both as it was a reminder that loving someone, loving anyone, even those long gone, was… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
“She’d married a man with the intention of spending her life with him, he for her and she for him, a kind and loving… — Deborah Reed Copy Share Image
