“Sometimes you don’t get to close one door before another opens. We’re not all given that luxury, for closure.” — Abby Slovin Closure Copy Share Image
“She sat on the stoop alone, gazing up at an infinite sky as it held her and pushed her away all at… — Abby Slovin Heart Copy Share Image
“Winter's my favorite...The best parts are the coats and sweaters. Hugging all the warmth back in.” — Abby Slovin Warmth Copy Share Image
“She looked over at her grandmother, smiling in her sleep from what she hoped was a dream about George Bailey and the… — Abby Slovin Dreams Copy Share Image
“Its roots emerged forcefully from the earth like the Great Wall and extended at least ten feet toward the house, demanding to… — Abby Slovin Flower Copy Share Image
“What a world, she thought, where you could at one moment be under a cloud and the next, right in the heart… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“This was what Parker had learned early on about disappointment; its sting lasts only in the beginning, only until the body goes… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“She smiled, not because she felt confident that she could think of a solution, but for the gratitude that she wasn’t quite… — Abby Slovin Gratitude Copy Share Image
“She suddenly realized how much she loved the rain; loved the way it seemed like the sky was purging something it held… — Abby Slovin Nature Copy Share Image
“Parker stared at the bare branches along Saint Marks Place as they swayed with the wind, reaching for one another, and longed… — Abby Slovin Bare branches Copy Share Image
“The smell of burning firewood and the molding of organic, earthy substances reminded her of jumping wildly into the enormous leaf piles… — Abby Slovin Autumn Copy Share Image
“Parker, I'm old," She said matter-of-factly. "I get away with these things." She continued to wave and smile wildly. "People treat me… — Abby Slovin Funny Copy Share Image
“Love was something that sat comfortably in her dreams, so she never fully expected it to materialize.” — Abby Slovin Dreams Copy Share Image
“She looked up at me with a look that told me everything, gave me a glimpse of everything I would be missing… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“The streets were awash with blues and grays – suspended in the air, bouncing off buildings, reflecting off car windows – as… — Abby Slovin Brooklyn Copy Share Image
“Parker let the letter drop to the floor, an act she often criticized in movies for its melodrama.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“She looked out the window at the soggy sidewalks on Saint Marks Place, as a late snowfall began to melt in the… — Abby Slovin Early spring Copy Share Image
“At some point, time isn’t something on the horizon anymore, something you think about happening one day, but something that’s already happened,… — Abby Slovin Psychology Copy Share Image
“She did not know why the heat felt so heavy in that house, why all of a sudden it felt so much… — Abby Slovin Heart Copy Share Image
“She approached the car with a confident stride that implied she had lived on the block her whole life.” — Abby Slovin Life Copy Share Image
“In the distance, they could see the headlights from cars crossing the bridges like fireflies swarming the streets toward home.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“By midday, temperatures had not reached their typical highs for late spring, and passersby seemed to struggle with the desire to dress… — Abby Slovin Flower Copy Share Image
“Her eyes watered until the moment became nothing more than floating colors in front of her watery eyes.” — Abby Slovin Time Copy Share Image
“Parker soon became familiar with the one certainty of sorrow, that ultimately loneliness trumps logic.” — Abby Slovin Grief Copy Share Image
“She kept public radio on so it sounded like someone was sitting next to her, engaging her in intriguing conversation.” — Abby Slovin Communication Copy Share Image
“His words were rare, full conversations with him even rarer, as if Parker were one of his students that he did not… — Abby Slovin Communication Copy Share Image
“Finally, a bold announcement across the screen declared The End. ... She resent it, The End. She resented the silence that followed… — Abby Slovin Silence Copy Share Image
“Her grandmother experienced them differently, as if they brought her remnants from another time, another life even, which she refused to acknowledge… — Abby Slovin Another life Copy Share Image
“Nothing happens here except the past in slow motion. We’re starting to go backwards, you and I.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“A girl?" Her mother looked at her, curiously, as if the word were unknown to her; ancient and puzzling as an artifact… — Abby Slovin Parenting Copy Share Image
“Old friends have a way of reminding you of what you used to be. In an instant, I remembered everything I once… — Abby Slovin Old friends Copy Share Image
“She stood before him on the porch now, as living, breathing proof that fortune had not tipped itself in his direction all… — Abby Slovin Life Copy Share Image
