All I was afraid of is saying good-bye.
Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.
You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship
You were one person, and you changed the world.
That kind of love - the kind you realize you already have by the life you've created together - that's the kind that lasts.