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Digging In QUOTES

1 " What do you think people should say to someone who’s just lost a loved one? I don’t think there are many options.” Petra thought for a moment. “If you knew the person who died, I think you should share a memory, something you don’t think they’d know about. The wilder the better.” “And if you didn’t know the person who died?” “Then you should ask for a good memory that best describes him or her. Let the grieving person have a moment with that person again. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

2 " I'm sorry.'
'For what?'
'For all of it.'
'No need to be. I'm living a life, you know? If people went around apologizing for every bad thing that happened to everyone, we'd be bored out of our fucking skulls. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

3 " Everything can be learned, you know? Some people learn sooner, others later. Not a big deal if the outcome is the same. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

4 " When you give something meaning, it’s worth remembering. We filter out the stuff that doesn’t touch our heart. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

5 " Pick a few things you don’t want to let slide, and let the rest sort itself out,” he said gently after one particularly rough day. “When someone leaves this world, everything else gets jostled because of the empty space. You’re gonna land in the wrong spot for a while. Sooner or later, you’ll find where you fit again. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

6 " At his service, everyone said he was still with me, but the truth was that not only was he gone, parts of me went with him. I missed them, too, and like Jesse, they weren’t coming back. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

7 " He was downing kombucha like a Brooklyn hipster on a bender and pacing the hallways endlessly. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

8 " That’s the beauty of a garden,” she said. “Some stuff works, some stuff doesn’t, and some stuff you think isn’t working ends up producing the following year. Keeps you living in a constant state of suspense, so whatever comes, you’re grateful for it. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

9 " The only thing they had in common was the inability to organize. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

10 " Not only is there not an I in ‘teamwork,’ there isn’t a U either. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

11 " Forever. Till death do us part. The thing is, no one tells you what to do when the parting happens. And they forget to explain that when death is sudden, the parting is actually a ragged tear, not a clean separation. It leaves all the ends unfinished, and they just unravel and unravel and . . . "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

12 " Everybody liked Frank, because Frank had that one quality no one could resist—he knew who he was and still liked himself. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

13 " mud covering their half-naked bodies, ancient creatures rising from the earth, at one with the natural world. I envied them, the joy they took from not caring, not giving even the tiniest bit of a shit. It looked exhilarating, their freedom, and I knew if I could somehow find the right door to open that I could be that free. At thirteen, I’d thought I would love the sight of all that mud, "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

14 " When someone leaves this world, everything else gets jostled because of the empty space. You’re gonna land in the wrong spot for a while. Sooner or later, you’ll find where you fit again. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

15 " Maybe freedom had nothing to do with loss. Maybe it had everything to do with joy. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

16 " You have to find your paper bag when you feel like you can’t get the air in,” Mykia said. She had an air of authority that had both boys hanging on her every word. “Is that what my mom’s doing?” Trey asked. “Is the garden her paper bag?” “Well,” Mykia said, resuming her dinner, “you are smarter than you look. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

17 " I didn’t tell you, but I sent out some résumés about ten days ago. I haven’t heard a word. Not a word. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

18 " Some of the best choices in my life I made not because I carefully thought through the potential outcomes but because I trusted my gut. It's okay to do that when that small part of your brain that you trust implicitly tells you to go for it. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

19 " We can’t control life and death,” I said. “But we can control how we react to them. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In

20 " Some people learn sooner, others later. Not a big deal if the outcome is the same. "

― Loretta Nyhan , Digging In