"You take a handful of rocks and put them in a jar. Then once a week, you take one tiny pebble out of the jar and throw it away. When the jar is empty, why, you'll just about be over your grief. ... Time alone will do if you're short on rocks."

--

Source : Sharyn McCrumb (2010). “Lovely in Her Bones”, p.136, Ballantine Books

Sharyn McCrumb

#Grief Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Over You Quotes

“Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.”
“Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that's how I felt about drawing.”
“I never went into it [the business] thinking 'I'm a female sports reporter'. I just went into it thinking 'I'm a sports reporter'. No chip on the shoulder, no feeling like a victim when you walk in, no feeling entitled when you walk in. You've just got to do your job and work extremely hard. I think it's very basic. There's no magic to it. I think honestly it comes down to how badly do you want it. How hard are you willing to work?”
“We ask sales managers what they would do if they had an extra hour in their week. They always say they would get out in the field and coach their reps. Yet, they don't.”
“In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.”
“Football is the priority, even more than school. Art is frowned upon. I had to sneak music in.”
“One, I love the creativity. I love the ability to create a capital structure that is appropriate for a company, no matter what field it happens to be in.”
“In my view,Â The Temple of ManÂ is the most important work of scholarship of this century. R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz finally proves the existence of the legendary 'sacred science' of the Ancients and systematically demonstrates its modus operandi. It was this great science-based upon an intimate and exact knowledge of cosmic principles-that fused art, religion, science, and philosophy into one coherent whole and sustained Ancient Egypt for three thousand years.”

You may also like:

Anne Perry
Author
Donald E. Westlake
Writer
Ed McBain
Author
Jane Yolen
Writer
Lawrence Block
Writer
Marcia Muller
Author
Margaret Maron
Writer
Nancy Pickard
Novelist
Sara Paretsky
Author