"She remembered him smiling, and realized that time, that great old healer, had finally accomplished its work, and now, across the years, the face of love no longer stirred up agonies of grief and bitterness. Rather, one was left feeling simply grateful. For how unimaginably empty the past would be without him to remember."

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Source : Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.432, Macmillan

Rosamunde Pilcher

#Grief Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Past Quotes

“Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Donâ€™t hold on to the ball.”
“I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'”
“The criminals will be humiliated... To hurt the enemy more, raise the level of your attacks.”
“Everyone has their own path and you cant judge.”
“Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life.”
“The artist creates the material that we look back upon as part of history.”
“Just take them rascals [rapists, killers, child abusers] out in the swamp / Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump / Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest,”
“Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.”

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