Childhood is the one prison from which there's no escape, the one sentence from which there's no appeal. We all serve our time.
P. D. JamesPerhaps it's only when people are dead that we can safely show how much we cared about them. We know that it's too late then for them to do anything about it.
P. D. JamesThe tragedy of loss is not that we grieve, but that we cease to grieve, and then perhaps the dead are dead at last.
P. D. James