Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that.
Death is the least civilized rite of passage.
The world tips away when we look into our children's faces.
We all got holes in our lives. Nobody dies in a perfect garment.
You never know where you're going to find the same thoughts in another brain, but when it happens you know it right off, just like you were connected by a small electrical wire that suddenly glows red hot and sparks.
Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies.