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1 " I remind myself that not everything is a sign, that some things simply are what they appear to be and should not be analyzed, deconstructed, or forced to bear the burden of metaphor, symbol, omen, or portent. "
― Diane Schoemperlen , Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel of Mary, Faith, and Friendship
2 " Against all odds and despite all evidence to the contrary, still we trust that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel, of our personal tunnel anyway. "
3 " For those of us with a bookish bent, reading is a reflexive response to everything. This is how we deal with the world and anything that comes our way. We have always known that there is a book for every occasion and every obsession. When in doubt, we are always looking things up. "
4 " Talking to Clarence can be like talking to a child, although it is much more charming in children. "
― Diane Schoemperlen , In the Language of Love: A Novel in 100 Chapters
5 " It begins to dawn on her that she is lackadaisical about other people. They are tremendously important to her for a time and then they are not. She begins to see her life in sections, as separate pockets of time and affiliation. "
6 " It is time to venture out of the comforting land of either/or opposites and travel into the uncertain territory of both/and. "
7 " Much of what she found charming and refreshing about him at the outset of their relationship now bugged the hell out of her. "
8 " She thought she would do something with them someday, although she could not have said what and in fact she never did. "
9 " Did she really remember that day so clearly or was she making it up as she went along? "
10 " Joanna has an unmanageable lump in her throat and wonders why it's always the happy memories that make her cry. "
11 " Searching too hard for God can get in the way of finding Him. Sometimes you just have to stop looking and let yourself be taken by surprise. "
12 " Time has passed. Things have happened. More time will pass. More things will happen. I have become myself again, but I am not the same. Perhaps that is a good thing... This is my life and I'm going to live it. "
― Diane Schoemperlen , This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications
13 " It took me even longer to understand that, once you have reached a certain age, you can no longer suffer one loss at a time, that loss is cumulative and, with each new experience of it, all your old losses will join forces and come back en masse to haunt you again. "
