““For a moment I was dizzied by the impulse to leave her there: shove the techs' hands away, shout at hovering morgue men to get the hell out. We had taken enough toll on her. All she had left was her death and I wanted to leave her that, that at least. I wanted to wrap her up in soft blankets, stroke back her clotted hair, pull up a duvet of falling leaves and little animals' rustles. Leave her to sleep, sliding away forever down her secret underground river, while breathing seasons spun dandelion seeds and moon phases and snowflakes above her head. She had tried so hard to live.””
![“When Jim left the planet so suddenly, all of us who loved him, worked with him, were inspired by him, gathered in New York City. We were like dandelion seeds clinging to the stem and to each other. And on May 16th, [the day Jim died] the wind began to blow. There’s no stem any more. We’re all…” quote by Brian Jay Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ff/brian-jay-jones-43390_dandelion-seeds_when-jim-left-the-planet-so-suddenly-all_2300895.jpg)
![“Organic as a dandelion seed, [the ship of our imagination] will carry us to worlds of dreams and worlds of facts” quote by Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/edd/carl-sagan-160_dandelion-seeds_organic-as-a-dandelion-seed-the-ship-of_2353390.jpg)