Walking on My Grave Quotes

“A seashell is like a memory. The life is gone. The beauty remains. (excerpt from Merry Musings, Modest Maxims for Happiness by Laurel Darling Roethke) <\i>”
― Carolyn G. Hart, Walking on My Grave

“A verse from Ecclesiastes was a favorite of Laurel's: "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." Some might find the message chilling. Laurel in her own mystical way felt part of a continuum of time.”
― Carolyn G. Hart, Walking on My Grave

“Each moment had a brief life and was gone, never to return. Prized moments were never about riches, not jewels nor silks, not fine cars nor mansions, not stacks of cash nor stock certificates. Prized moments were a look of love, a gentle touch, the sight of a cat's grace, sunlight slanting through a stained glass window.”
― Carolyn G. Hart, Walking on My Grave

“In her serious way, she'd decided they weren't well suited. He was rich. She was solidly middle class. He was relaxed. She was intense. He defined himself by what mattered to him, people in all their quirky variety, sun and sand and sea, laughter, moments of ease to remember good days and envision better days. Annie epitomized the work ethic, so many tasks to do, so little time in which to do them. He didn't have to work, felt no need to achieve,but to please her he opened Confidential Commissions and, truth to tell, he enjoyed helping people solve odd and unusual problems, the more odd and unusual the better.”
― Carolyn G. Hart, Walking on My Grave