Mayday parade Quote by Jasmine Laura

“You know, there’s nothing you could tell me that would change my mind about you.” “That’s ‘cause you know me now, June. You don’t…

— Charlotte Stein

“If this is my final moment,” she says, “then I can die happy.” “Is that why you’re saying all this? Because you think we’re…

— Laura Kreitzer

“She died on March 22. Those last hours I didn’t stop stroking her hair or telling her, “Don’t worry, I’m here.” I told her…

— Scott Jurek

“But my best friend from college was silent for a long time. She, of all of my friends, had seen the parade of sad…

— Lauren Groff

“I wanted to tell you that it’s my birthday on Thursday and I would have wanted you to give me the gift of your…

— Lucas Regazzi

“He tried to remember her ever being this way before. In her voice--almost overexuberant--was not simply holiday cheer but joyous relief, like some terminally…

— Andre Dubus III

“May today be the best birthday of your life, I give you my heart as the most precious gift I can give you and…

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

“I’m sorry that you’re sick.” “It’s not your fault.” “I know, but I wish that I could give you more than this.”

— Nicola Yoon

“And she felt joy bubbling up in her heart—that the world was so full of sunshine and beauty and gladness. And she had put…

— Sigrid Undset

Written on her tombstone: "I told you I was sick.

— Erma Bombeck

When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?"

— Nancy Astor

“I’m not sure what it was or where she sprayed it, but her scent will be the end of the life I loved. And…

— Darnell Lamont Walker