I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn’t carry us. There’s nothing to do but salute it from the shore. Cheryl Strayed

It’s strange how I cannot remember your voice, but if I heard it, I would immediately know it was you. Clint Smith

You can’t stop time. You can’t capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons. Nathaniel Branden

Only when the clock stops does time come to life. William Faulkner