“And in reading, I discovered that the burden of living is the uneven and unlimited allotment of pain. Tragedy is conferred randomly… — Nina Sankovitch Life Copy Share Image
“Life is hard, unfair, painful. But life is also guaranteed - one hundred percent, no doubt, no question - to offer unexpected… — Nina Sankovitch Beauty Copy Share Image
“My hiatus is over, my soul and body are healed, but I will never leave the purple chair for long. So many… — Nina Sankovitch Copy Share Image
“The truth of living is proved not by the inevitability of death but by the wonder that we lived at all. Remembering… — Nina Sankovitch Death Copy Share Image
“Books. The more I thought about how to stop and get myself back together as one sane, whole person, the more I… — Nina Sankovitch Book Copy Share Image
“Words create the stories that become history and become unforgettable.” — Nina Sankovitch Creativity Copy Share Image
“We are what we love to read, and when we admit to loving a book, we admit that the book represents some… — Nina Sankovitch Adventure Copy Share Image
“...but I know that I can survive the hard times, taking the worst of what happens to me as a burden but… — Nina Sankovitch Hard time Copy Share Image
“The value of experience, real or imagined, is that is shows us how to - or how NOT to - live. In… — Nina Sankovitch Books Copy Share Image
“Desire for a person is not the same thing as having that unique appreciation and need for them, nor is affection. Desire… — Nina Sankovitch Affection Copy Share Image
“Because to take someone for granted is a luxury; to have her and not think about losing her or never seeing her… — Nina Sankovitch Copy Share Image
“Are you busy?" the caller would ask. "Yes I'm working." Sitting in my chair, cats nearby, I was reading a great book.… — Nina Sankovitch Books Copy Share Image
“Remembrance is acknowledging that a life was lived ... My father finally wrote out his memories for a reason. I took on… — Nina Sankovitch Life Copy Share Image
“Because being witness to all types of human experience is important to understanding the world, but also to understanding myself. To define… — Nina Sankovitch Human experience Copy Share Image
“It is a gift we humans have, to hold on to beauty felt in a moment for a lifetime.” — Nina Sankovitch Beauty Copy Share Image
“Our house was open to anyone who needed a little extra support or comfort or just a home-cooked meal.” — Nina Sankovitch Food Copy Share Image
“Tolstoy wrote, 'The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.' He understood this service as a religious duty. For me, I… — Nina Sankovitch Life Copy Share Image
“Cyril Connolly, twentieth-century writer and critic, wrote that ‘words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.’ That… — Nina Sankovitch Books Copy Share Image
“We all need a space to just let things be, a place to remember who we are and what is important to… — Nina Sankovitch Happiness Copy Share Image
