“She was aware that her emotions were confused, that she should be feeling sad, not angry, not resentful, not hateful, but there wasn't anything she could do about it; she felt the way she felt, and she couldn't do anything to stop it, to correct it.” GriefSadnessAnger Book:Horrid Source: Horrid
“... and for a moment she felt washed in anger, a sticky, red-hot anger that threatened to explode out of her like a scream. But she couldn't lose it now. She had to keep it together now, for her mother's sake.” GriefSadnessAnger Book:Horrid Source: Horrid
“And so they'd made the entire trip, sometimes listening to podcasts, sometimes to the radio, sometimes to books on tape, sometimes to nothing at all, because something would end and neither Jane nor Ruth would realize it was over because neither Jane nor Ruth has really been listening to it anyway.” SilenceSadness Book:Horrid Source: Horrid
“She was smiling a little hesitantly, like she was afraid I wouldn’t smile back.” Smile Book:The Lost & Found Source: The Lost & Found
“I think the important thing to realize, to try and remember, is that grief doesn't have a rule book. You're allowed to feel every emotion under the sun. You're even allowed to invent new ones. I think I've done that a few times” GriefGrieving Book:Horrid Source: Horrid
“I’ll have to build a widow’s walk,” she said, and then she looked at Aggie and smiled so Aggie knew that she could smile, too, that the rest of their lives wouldn’t be all sadness and loss.” Grieving Book:Summer of Salt Source: Summer of Salt
“What if time really exists, like - everything all at once, all at the same moment, every single moment happening at the same time, over and over, for all eternity. Simultaneously.” Time Passing Moments Book:Everything All at Once Source: Everything All at Once
“It is one thing to crawl into bed after a normal day, but it is another thing to crawl into bed after an adventure - that's the best kind of sleep, the still-excited, still-buzzing kind of sleep where dreams blur into reality and it's almost like the sleeping and waking worlds blur and become one.” SleepAdventure Book:Everything All at Once Source: Everything All at Once