Because I Could Not Stop for Death Quotes

“I suppose that’s why summer is so precious to us. The spring is unpredictable and can be ripped away by a whim of the wind.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Flowers on the wall remind me spring will come even in the deepest trench of winter. Flowers are hope, you see.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Sometimes you can make yourself do things that are good for you when you believe you’re doing them for someone you love. The benefit comes without selfishness then.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Everyone should have their own singular passion that is unattached to any other person. Without it, life becomes a cycle of serving others’ passions. That’s not much of a life at all.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“He said the word “women” like being such a creature was a fate worse than death.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Appearance is quite a powerful gift, but it is not always the full picture. When I wade through grief, it will not be in the way expected. It will be the way I can manage it,”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“My brother took a cavalier Robin Hood view of rules. He stole from the rich to give to the poor. It was not lost on me that the poor were strictly he and I.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“I couldn’t get into an argument now. If I did, Henry would only become louder. He always believed that the way to win an argument was to be louder and more obstinate than your opponent.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“He will say something to the effect that women don’t know what they are saying when they have a headache or some such nonsense. The key to the nonsense that men say about women is to use it to our advantage as I did in this case.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“Sometimes you can make yourself do things that are good for you when you believe you’re doing them for someone you love. The benefit comes without selfishness then. The best part of having a pet is having someone to think of other than yourself, having someone who depends on you.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“The best part of having a pet is having someone to think of other than yourself, having someone who depends on you.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“they do from the lips. There is more control, more thought, and more possibility.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“can wade grief. Whole pools of it.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death

“There was a macabre need to know exactly what happened, when in fact it would make no difference to the asker’s life if they knew or not.”
― Amanda Flower, Because I Could Not Stop for Death