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1 " voiced, "
― Barbara Delinsky , The Summer I Dared
2 " the scent in the barn unexpectedly pleasant, what with those little bursts of chrysanthemum extract and rosemary oil to keep the flies at bay. "
3 " She could never understand that when you were with the right people, you didn’t need words in order to know what they felt. "
4 " Real intelligence is like a river; the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. "
5 " quiet meant you could hear the gulls, the cormorants, the wind, and the waves. Those things brought him calm. "
6 " the giver of comfort, not the recipient. "
7 " The family oddball "
8 " Loving herself—respecting her own needs—was something important and new. "
9 " don’t value myself "
10 " He didn’t remind himself of any of those things because they only made him feel heartsick and empty—empty and helpless—helpless and angry—angry and confused. "
11 " So is it worse,” Zoe asked, eyes haunted, “when someone who is all alone dies, or when someone dies and leaves family and friends? I don’t know. "