13 Quotes by Meredith Marple

Death wasn’t something to romanticize. It was something to stave off, to avoid, to fight as long as possible. Even though she had her battles with melancholy, she never seriously considered suicide. Something in her trusted that there would be an upswing and it would be worth waiting for.

His deep brown eyes added both confidence and compassion to his looks. He had creases—around his eyelids, his nose, his mouth—that may have originated in sunlight and outdoor work but seemed graven in a love of humanity … The creases were his statement to the world: This man loved life and just as deeply feared losing it or anyone he loved in it. He carried on his shoulders the uneasy fraternal twins of love and responsibility.

The only groups I willingly joined were spontaneous, short-lived, and usually game-playing.

Our inner selves go on without us sometimes, trusting we’ll catch on eventually. Sometimes it’s too late when we do – too late to let the other person know what we’ve learned.