The Dead Wife's Handbook Quotes

“I've learnt that love isn't about our place at the centre of it, but about finding the generosity to allow those we care about to discover happiness wherever they so choose, with whomever they so desire , even if - for whatever reason - that isn't with us.”
― Hannah Beckerman, The Dead Wife's Handbook

“All we can do is trust those that we encounter on our journey through life - the parents and children, the partners and siblings, the friends and colleagues - will transmit little pieces of us, from the snippets we taught and the things we said to the smallest inventions of our own making, through the generations, keeping the flame of our memory alive long after our bodies have died. And that this, after all, is life's great immortality project.”
― Hannah Beckerman, The Dead Wife's Handbook

“It's the acceptance that my greatest bequest to the world was love, and that love is one of the most enduring legacies anyone can leave rippling behind them. And it's with this acceptance that I can now honestly say, hand on defunct heart there's not a single thing I'd change about the way I lived my life, even if that mythical opportunity were available to me.”
― Hannah Beckerman, The Dead Wife's Handbook

“It occurs to me that the greatest test of unconditional love may be allowing the people we care most about to love and be loved by others.”
― Hannah Beckerman, The Dead Wife's Handbook