Death is by no means separate from life. . . . We all interact with death every day, tasting it as we might a wine, feeling its keen edge even in trifling losses and disappointments, holding it by the hand, as a dancer might a partner, in every separation.
Eugene KennedyWe not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time.
Eugene KennedyLife does not hurt nearly as much if we have learned to listen to ourselves and to recognize how fully and richly we are trying to tell ourselves the truth.
Eugene KennedyThe moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable.
Eugene Kennedy