“From across her husband’s open grave I had thought she exuded a certain foxy mystique, but now, to my disappointment, she looked just like every other mother I knew.”
— Alex George
“I need to confront my loss, not run away from it. I wanted to wade in with my eyes open and all my senses alert. I wanted to register everything, from the giant waves of sorrow to the inkiest ripples of remorse. I didn’t want to miss any of it.”
— Alex George
“When he left us, he stole all the words.”
— Alex George
“But love and pain are two sides of the same coin. You can’t have one without the other. Sometimes that’s how we know we’re alive.”
— Alex George
“Sometimes life-changing moments slip by unnoticed, their significance only becoming apparent in the light of subsequent events.”
— Alex George
“The answer to most prayers is no.”
— Alex George
“There’s just so much to live for.”
— Alex George