Grief doesn't have a plot. It isn't smooth. There is no beginning and middle and end.
Don't waste your one beautiful life.
In Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or – perhaps most importantly – ourselves.
A sibling is the lens through which you see your childhood.
Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God.
My cousins and I used to play Beatle wives. We all wanted to be married to Paul, but John was O.K. too. None of us wanted Ringo. Or even worse, George.