All That Life Can Afford Quotes

“want her to go, but she didn’t have to stay if it was too hard. You would figure out how to get through it.”
― Emily Everett, All That Life Can Afford

“I had grifted, but it wasn’t for money. It was simpler, the thing I’d needed since the day my mother died. A place to be loved.”
― Emily Everett, All That Life Can Afford

“My parents hadn’t urged me to succeed and do well so I could have nicer things than them, or eat at nicer restaurants, or have more impressive friends. They had only wanted me to live without the strangling weight of worry.”
― Emily Everett, All That Life Can Afford

“My mother was gone, yes, but for twenty-two years she’d been the warmest, kindest, gentlest part of my day, someone who always listened to me, understood me. Even when she began to wear down and disappear last year, her hugs were still fierce. Fortifying. Even in their palatial houses, my students had never enjoyed even a fraction of something so invaluable.”
― Emily Everett, All That Life Can Afford

“Mourning is pretty much a universal thing, right? We all have to do it, at some point. Everyone on the planet is doing it, will do it, but when you’re going through it, it’s only yours.”
― Emily Everett, All That Life Can Afford