“It’s hard to find someone you’d rather spend time with than not.” — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
“it’s too quiet up there in my head, and this has let the noise in.” — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
“But how are you supposed to feel, really, when all your worst fears, things you’d never even imagined could happen, actually do… — Catherine McKenzie Fear Copy Share Image
“But, of course, everyone has regrets. Loose ends. Things they could do if they had more time.” — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
“Love isn't simple, Katie, and neither is life. Things that are worth having are sometimes complicated, and they evoke complicated emotions. You… — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
“Like how there’s this optimal money/happiness equation. Once you pass a certain amount of household income, life isn’t any better. Apparently, money… — Catherine McKenzie Family Copy Share Image
“When the stories petered out, Tim said how much it sucked that Rob wasn’t there. That he couldn’t hear how much he… — Catherine McKenzie Left behind Copy Share Image
“When we get home from the funeral, the house is already thick with people. It feels like the whole town’s here, though… — Catherine McKenzie Funeral Copy Share Image
“It’s all because of the video cameras. Standard issue in daycares these days: twelve cameras (six in the baby room, six in… — Catherine McKenzie Parenting Copy Share Image
“Too many things had happened in too short a time span. Did people’s lives really change this quickly? Years of sameness, and… — Catherine McKenzie Time Copy Share Image
“So, I know what messy is, and it isn’t love. No, love is supposed to be simple. It’s supposed to be about… — Catherine McKenzie Love Copy Share Image
“You can quit if you want. If you hate it. If it isn't fun anymore. I'll back you with Dad. But you… — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
“Her office is oddly decorated with all things dog. There's a dog calendar, a dog clock, a couple of framed photographs of… — Catherine McKenzie Animal Copy Share Image
“I stare off into space for a minute. "I just wish my life would go back to the way it was." "Why?"… — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
“Her departure was a gradual thing, like a watercolor left in the sun, every day fainter until one day the canvas was… — Catherine McKenzie Departure Copy Share Image
“I tell myself I got sucked into the happiness, the surge of the drug we seemed to make together. But was it… — Catherine McKenzie Happiness Copy Share Image
