“It's taken years for me to understand that dying doesn't end the story; it transforms it. Edits, rewrites, the blur, aand epiphany of one-way dialogue. Most of us wander in and out of one another's lives until not death, but distance, does us part-- time and space and heart's weariness are the blander executioners or human connection.” WayYearsHumansHeartDoeEndsStoriesSpaceTakenDyingConnectionsDistanceDialogueWanderOne WayTime And SpaceEditsEpiphanyWearinessBlurPart TimeHuman ConnectionExecutioners Author:Gail Caldwell
“It's and old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too.” StoriesDied Book:Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Source: Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
“What do you do when the story changes in midlife? When a tale you have told yourself turns out to be a little untrue, just enough to throw the world off-kilter? It’s like leaving the train at the wrong stop: You are still you, but in a new place, there by accident or grace, and you will need your wits about you to proceed.” WorldNeedsLittlesStillsEnoughStoriesTurnsGraceTrainLeavingAccidentsWitTalesUntrueNew PlacesMidlife Author:Gail Caldwell
“You can’t change the tale so that you turned left one day instead of right, or didn’t make the mistake that might have saved your life a day later. We don’t get those choices. The story is what got you here, and embracing its truth is what makes the outcome bearable.” StoriesMightChoicesLeftMistakeTruth IsOne DaySavedTalesOutcomesCan't ChangeBearable Author:Gail Caldwell
“The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty.” WritingStoriesLyingCreativeHonestyEmotionalCreative WritingSpecificityEmotional Honesty Author:Gail Caldwell
