It was the cruelest of destiny’s tricks, the death of a young person.

Some people are just different, even in the same family.

You need to wake yourself up and take a grab at life. No one is going to hand it to you.

It was frightening to realize how fast things could go wrong.

She felt lately as though she had served her purpose, done her job, and been dispensed with, not only by her children, but by her husband as well.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.