“To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead
“If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again
“Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys
“There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern - why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?
“Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy
“On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
“Recovering from the death of your mother is not about forgetting, it's about feeling entitled to remember.