I had rescued the moment by using my camera and in that way had found how to stop time and hold it. No one could take that image away from me because I owned it.
Alice SeboldLike a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.
Alice SeboldSometimes Holly seemed like she wasn't paying attention, and other times she was gone when I went looking for her. That was when she went to a part of heaven we didn't share. I missed her then, but it was and odd sort of missing because by then I knew the meaning of forever. I could not have what I wanted most: Mr. Harvey dead and me living. Heaven wasn't perfect. But I came to believe that if I watched closely, and desired, I might change the lives of those I loved on Earth.
Alice SeboldThe sun came through the branches of the tree above her, and Ruth looked up past them. "I think she listens," she said, too softly to be heard.
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