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1 " The name was inspired by the Mary Oliver quote, ‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? "
― Marie Force , Someone Like You (Wild Widows #1)
2 " I hate the expression ‘time heals all wounds,’ because some wounds will never heal, but time does have a way of softening some of the edges and making a loss more bearable. "
3 " I love the Maya Angelou quote, “When people show you who they really are, believe them the first time. "
4 " Some people never get lucky enough to find love once, let alone twice. "
5 " Nothing is normal anymore.” “It’s the new normal.” “I don’t like the new normal.” “None of us do, sweetie. But what choice do we have but to embrace what is while honoring what was?” The question is so profoundly moving that it takes my breath away for a full minute. "
6 " Grief time is like being on the treadmill. It moves so slowly. Days feel like weeks. Months feel like years. Everything moves in slow motion. "
7 " Life has taught me that we all make promises we intend to keep, even if the universe often has other plans for us. "
8 " The joy in new things, new friends, new adventures, but the pervasive feeling that someone is always missing.” “Yes, for sure. It does get easier in time, but you never ‘recover’ from this kind of loss. You just learn to live within it. "
9 " Oh, by the way,” I say out loud, “I’m pregnant with my dead husband’s child, but other than that, I’ve got no baggage. "
10 " you’ve been through do that to you,” Derek says fiercely. “They don’t pay rent for space in your head, so don’t give it to them for free. "