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“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.”
― Joanne Levy, The Sun Will Come Out

“I like cheese.”
― Joanne Levy

“Another thing about being the daughter of funeral directors? You get used to a lot of random and
spontaneous hugs.”
― Joanne Levy

“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.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

“Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

“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.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

“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.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

“Part of being a good funeral director—
and even a good friend—is knowing that someone may not want to be consoled. They may not welcome your words of support, and you need to respect that. Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss