And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spacesโspaces you know can't ever be filled.
Bette GreeneWhat is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?
Bette GreeneIt was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a periodโdays or weeksโwithout feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a thunderclap, the realization would rip the protective coating from my senses. Maybe that's the way it is with trick knees and aging griefs. Totally pain free one moment and absorbingly painful the next.
Bette Greene