6 Quotes by Joanne Levy

But even though I didn’t think he liked me very much, at least he hadn’t called me any names or told me I smelled like death.So that was an improvement.

Does it stop hurting because I have to start forgetting about them?” he asked, his lip quivering. “Because I don’t want to forget them.

Another thing about being the daughter of funeral directors? You get used to a lot of random andspontaneous hugs.

Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve.

Life’s not fair. If it were, I wouldn’t look like this, and I’d be out there with the rest of the kids. But I don’t think you should let a couple of mean girls keep you from doing fun stuff. Stop running away, Bea. You don’t have a disease. You have nothing to run away from.

I took some comfort in thinking about how when I grew up and became a funeral director like my parents, I wouldn’t have to worry about my clients being mean to me.Because they’d already be dead.