Off the Deep End

by Lucinda Berry

“You’re not equipped to go from nothing bad ever happening to you to the worst thing that could possibly occur happening to you. It’s like being hurled into the deep end of a pool when you don’t know how to swim. That’s what it feels like. And all of it is dark. As if every light in the universe has been turned off.”

I’ve never understood people’s obsession with the limelight. People who shine from within don’t need a spotlight.

“I think grief makes people do crazy things.”

There’s an incredible freedom in having nothing left to lose. And it’s really hard to be afraid of anything when the worst thing has already happened to you.

“It’s not being strong when you don’t have any other choice. It’s not like you can say, ‘No thank you. I don’t want to do this anymore.’”

Sometimes life gives you a second chance at love because you weren’t ready for it the first time.