Closely Quote by Gail Sheehy

I only met Joan Rivers once. But when she passed away, it felt like a part of me went away, too.

— Amy Schumer

After my mother's death, I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.

— Nancy Hale

I was reading Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks, and I'm still very, very deeply moved by Gwendolyn Brooks's life and her work.

— Sandra Cisneros

I remember the ache I used to feel when she got too close, how it felt like grief, how it felt like a loss,…

— Patrick Ness

Jill felt an emptiness open inside of her as she lifted her arm, a sense that something vital was being subtracted from her life.…

— Tom Perrotta

She died as she had been born and as she had lived, in my care, and surrounded by those who loved her.

— Vicki W Fowler

I watched my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son died. And I was hurt, but I watched my hurt,…

— Neil Gaiman

Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.

— Lisa Bonet

I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had this amazing charisma and so much energy, but she…

— Marina Abramovic

She became a story, one I have mostly forgotten. One I can't end because she died a long time ago.

— Elizabeth Scott

I read Jilly Cooper when I was on the verge of just growing up and I was becoming a woman.

— Georgia Toffolo

I was digging for stuff in a used bookstore, and I came upon 'Little Sister.' I fell in love with Chandler that night. I…

— Robert Crais