Was there a language of loss? Did everyone who suffered speak a different dialect?
There's a lot of things you can't see if you aren't' looking.
Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less
You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.
It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done.
I understand better than she'd imagine that history is indelible. You can mask it; you can patch it smooth and clear; but you always know what's hidden underneath.