Rueful Death Quotes

“suppose the sisters are my garden,” she said. “They are the growing things I am meant to cultivate and serve.” A twinkle came and went and her voice grew determined. “I will simply have to be firm about my own priorities, that’s all.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, Rueful Death

“But between then and now, I had met McQuaid. I had lived with him and learned that sustainable love doesn’t grow out of superheated physical passion, but out of simply holding hands and holding on, day in and day out. I’d learned that “good” really is enough, not because you’re settling for something less, but because “fantastic” and “incredible” burn you out emotionally, just as life in the fast lane bums you out physically.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, Rueful Death

“There was no point in questioning her version of the story.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, Rueful Death

“wanted to say that Marie’s vocation must have been pretty shaky to start with, but it would have sounded heartless. And Rose was living with the truth as she believed”
― Susan Wittig Albert, Rueful Death

“trivial incidents can loom large and threatening in a community that’s closed off from the outside. If you live in the teapot, the tempest fills your entire world.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, Rueful Death