"I remember my wife in white.' It just……" — Carolyn Parkhurst
"I remember my wife in white.' It just made people weep to hear it...Everybody just thought it was the saddest sentence that was ever written. And it didn't matter if I never wrote another word. This one sentence had put an end to the need for any future sentences. I had said it all."
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23 Quotes by Carolyn Parkhurst
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What's it like, Lexy? You wake up and you feel - what? Heaviness, an ache inside, a weight, yes. A…
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The simplest thing that can be said about any person, any relationship, is that it's not simple at all.
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All this to say: I am forty-three years old. I may yet live another forty. What do I do with…
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There would be hard times, but what did I care if we had hard times? The branches of my love…
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Because for most of us, suicide is a moment we'll never choose. It's only for people like Lexy, who know…
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The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private…
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