On Folly Beach

by Karen White

I’ve learned not to live in the past. It’s already gone, and there’s nothing you can do about it. I’m not going to spend my life worrying about something I can’t change.”

Heath has never been the kind of person who can live with the broken pieces. Even if it’s all glued back together, he’d still see the cracks.

live for the day in the best way possible, and everything else will work itself out. Seems to be working for me so far.”

Being left behind was hard; but it wasn’t brave.

There’s a lot you can learn about the world and life in general just by being outside.

“No. I think worrying is a lot like chewing gum. Eventually it runs out of taste, and you’ve got to spit it out.”

“It’s good to have a passion in life and keep at it. Unless it becomes an obsession.”

If you keep your body strong physically, it will help you mentally deal with everything else.”

“How do you know when it’s been long enough?” Emmy could sense her mother smiling into the phone. “When you realize that love doesn’t have a time span. Only pain does. I think sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between the two, so we just hold on to both of them like they’re inseparable.”