Opening Heaven's Door Quotes

“It struck me again how powerful and raw our experiences around death are, how carefully we keep them concealed and yet how close to the surface they stay.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

“I remember holding my face to the wind when Katharine died, feeling the air, the coolness and fluidity, the urgency. Every day, wind in my face, capturing my attention in some fundamentally new way. I was aware of breath, of what the ancient Greeks called pneuma, of a soul-filled world. I gulped the air.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

“I was acutely aware of her dying, so much so that it seemed to me the air itself was dangerous to breathe, for each breath demarcated the passage of time. I sensed the clock continuously, how it betrayed me, let go of me, ruined me and broke my heart with every exhalation.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going

“Families shelter their knowledge, keeping it safe and beloved like a delicate heirloom, away from the careless stomping of strangers.”
― Random House Canada, Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going