Home / Quotes / Quote by Christine Silverstein

Quote by Christine Silverstein

“I love you. How many times have you been asked, "How are you" today? It's a dreadful question. It's an absurd question. Knowing you and seeing what has happened in your life makes me stop in my tracks and catch myself before I ask anyone that question again. How the hell can you answer that question in the aisle of a supermarket? Come back to the house, you say. Bring your toothbrush and call your boss. You will need a week to hear the complete answer. And you will never be the same if you listen. It's the question that the entire human race reduces itself to each and every day, in each and every encounter, and without the intention of ever truly hearing the answer.”

Quote by Christine Silverstein

Author

Christine Silverstein

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Christine Silverstein. more

You May Also Like

“How long is this posthumous life of mine to last?”

Life Dying Sad Contradictory Deathbed

Author:John Keats

“I think, therefore a single fertilized egg cell can replicate itself into trillions of specialized and exquisitely organized cells.”

Inspirational Philosophy Science

Author:Self

“I became very good at protecting all who would ask. How are you? I'm all right. I'm fine. I'm hanging in there. I'm feeling OK. Thanks for asking. I'm good. I'm doing well. I'm a little tired. I'm handling things. I'm fine, thanks to all of you. I'm getting better. I'm keeping busy. I'm making progress. Fine, better, well, good and thank you for asking.”

Death Poetry Loss Grief Dying Poem Grieving Mourning Widows Spouses

Author:Christine Silverstein

“Look, it's like falling out of a twenty-story building. All your good friends, they try to puff themselves up for you as soft as possible, But they're still only couch pillows. They may save your life when you hit them, But you're still gonna break every bone in your body.”

Death Poetry Loss Grief Dying Poem Grieving Mourning Widows Spouses

Author:Lise Menn

“I have yet to meet one widow who hasn't changed in monumental ways as she has coped with her loss. Most of us have gotten to the point where we are not the "pleasers" we once were. We say what we think, we realize that life is precious, and we don't have time to be anything less than who we really are.”

Death Poetry Loss Grief Dying Poem Grieving Mourning Widows Spouses

Author:Catherine Tidd

“He had nothing to offer and frankly nothing to lose. He was dying.”

Risk Dying Jason Medina The Manhattanville Incident An Undead Novel Nothing To Lose Taking Risk Nothing To Offer

Book:The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“For me, raging and raging like a wild, irrational beast, denying one’s own mortality, clinging to delusion and false hopes, pursuing treatment at the cost of living in the moment, sacrificing one’s quality of life for the sake of quantity, none of this is graceful or dignified, and all of it denies us our contemplative and evolved humanity; such acts do not cultivate an invincible spirit; such acts are not testaments to inner strength and fortitude. For me, true inner strength lies in facing death with serenity, in recognizing that death is not the enemy but simply an inevitable part of life.”

Death Dying Mortality

Book:The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

Source: The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

“Some people might say, "Why bother living? It has no purpose." Unfortunately, dying or death might prove in ways to be even more pointless. At least one living always has a purpose as a form of unified existence and being -- there is almost zero overall purpose in non-existence, other than maybe the awareness of such indistinctly.”

Life Death Dying Meaning Meaning Of Life Life And Death Death And Dying

Author:Andy Harglesis

“Miguel Angel," he said, "It isn't hard to die. Everybody does it. Even flies do it. Everyone here is doing it. We're all terminal." He had a tear in his eye; Big Angel could see it brimming. "Your schedule is just different from mine.”

Death Time Dying

Book:The House of Broken Angels

Source: The House of Broken Angels

“The dark ending does not cancel out the brightness of the middle. Your day of greatest joy cannot be dimmed by any shame.”

Happiness Death Poetry Dying Hopeful Death And Dying Endings

Author:Tony Hoagland