Nina Riggs

“She is far from a hole in my life. She is an enormous presence”

— Nina Riggs

“So many heads held up by hands.”

— Nina Riggs

“I want death to find me planting my cabbages, not concerned about it or—still less—my unfinished garden.”

— Nina Riggs

“The drenched backyard full of runoff, and tiny, slimy, uncertain yard critters who had expected to remain buried in months of hard…

— Nina Riggs

“Here we are closer to something I am trying to understand: that openness to fear. We are hearts and stingers. We ride…

— Nina Riggs

“I am reminded of an image...that living with a terminal disease is like walking on a tightrope over an insanely scary abyss.…

— Nina Riggs

“For me, faith involves staring into the abyss, seeing that it is dark and full of the unknown—and being okay with that.”

— Nina Riggs

“Sometimes the most important thing is knowing when to quit. Sometimes being heroic is knowing when to say enough is enough.”

— Nina Riggs

“My friends ask a new kind of question: How is today? I hope the pain is manageable today.”

— Nina Riggs

“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth, that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in…

— Nina Riggs

“Sometimes I'm sad about everything; the way my grilled cheese sandwich tastes, how nice my socks feel, a song John is playing…

— Nina Riggs