We have to watch Nana's life slipping away from her like a forgotten word. I thought I understood what's happening to her, but this isn't like being robbed a penny at a time. Memories aren't currency to spend; they're us. Age isn't stealing from my grandmother; it's slowly unwinding her. Shaun David Hutchinson
Some Similar Quotes
  1. I am not an angel, ' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall... - Unknown
  2. Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you'll see the world If I'm not mistaken... Kiss a lover Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure... Face your life Its pain, Its pleasure, Leave no path untaken. - Neil Gaiman
  3. Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. - Brennan Manning
  4. Soul, if you want to learn secrets, 
your heart must forget about shame
 and dignity. You are God's lover, 
yet you worry what people are saying. - Jalaluddin Rumi
  5. The more fucked up you are, the more I like you. As long as you've managed to hold onto your identity through all the shit, then it won't matter how twisted you are. I will love you more for it. - Ashly Lorenzana
More Quotes By Shaun David Hutchinson
  1. Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.
  2. I saw the world from the stars' point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.
  3. We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future.
  4. Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long dead and buried deep.
  5. We're not words, Henry, we're people. Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.
Related Topics