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1 " Was it possible to love people you had never met, I wondered... "
― Diane Chamberlain , The Dream Daughter
2 " There was something about the never-ending vastness of the sea and sky that usually gave me comfort, reminding me that in the enormity of the universe, my problems, no matter how painful, were very, very small. "
3 " It's amazing what you'll do for your child, isn't it? "
4 " I'd seen pictures of the wall online, but nothing prepared me fr seeing it in person. It was a deep scar in the earth and looked like a long black mirror reflecting the puffy white clouds, the blue sky, the trees and grass. It reflected the things people left at its base -- small flags and stuffed animals and photographs. And it reflected the faces of the people who stood in front of it, looking, pointing, weeping.It reflected me. "
5 " But I felt . . . I still feel . . . . lucky I had the chance to know you.' She puts her arm around my shoulders, very gently, and I can tell she thinks of me as an old lady who needs to be handled with care. She should see me do the shoulder stand in my yoga class. "
6 " I nod. It's the gentle class with the other septuagenarians, but I don't mention that. "
