Alex Burger

“Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight. She helps us to discover what matters most.”

–Frank Ostaseski

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

–Mary Oliver

“I feel more helpless with you than without you.”

–Adrienne Rich

“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.”

–Adrienne Rich, Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying

“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”

–Adrienne Rich

“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”

–Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

–Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.”

–Alice Walker, The Color Purple