Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom. Not being bought and sold by some idiot employer, not having the moments of her days valued in fractions of a dollar by somebody other than herself.
Charles Frazier...she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was a harsh design, offering little relief from pain, for being in accord with it means that the fortunate find themselves orphaned.
Charles FrazierWhat you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. Youโre left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on, or not. But if you go on, itโs knowing you carry your scars with you.
Charles FrazierNothing changes what alreaday happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.
Charles Frazier