“...we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?”— Eric Roth, Mrs. Maple, Edith Ivey, amazon.com
“There’s a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn’t very lovable.”— Yasmin Mogahed, twitter.com
“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty, your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence and your purpose when you are confused”— Alan Cohen, veteranstoday.com
“Maybe, sometimes, it’s easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they’ll always love you, no matter what.”— Ann Brashares, amazon.com
“They did feel it, yet neither spoke of it, for often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.”— Louisa May Alcott, amazon.com
“As we get older, you realize that the real heroes in our lives are often the closest people in your life. Be present and appreciative.”— Vala Afshar, twitter.com
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“I want you to remember what was good in me, not what was most awful. The people you love should be allowed to keep their worst to themselves.”— Joe Hill, amazon.com
“The 'thin' version felt worse because I lived with hunger clawing at my stomach all the time, and in fear that I was going to get fat again. After years of neuroticism I'd finally understood those who loved me would continue to put up with me fat or thin, and those who didn't ignored me.”— Helen Brown, amazon.com
“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com