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01Undated

There's just so much to live for.

Alex George / quote

02Undated

The answer to most prayers is no.

Alex George / quote

03Undated

Sometimes life-changing moments slip by unnoticed, their significance only becoming apparent in the light of subsequent events.

Alex George / quote

04Undated

But love and pain are two sides of the same coin. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes that's how we know we're alive.

Alex George / quote

05Undated

When he left us, he stole all the words.

Alex George / quote

06Undated

I need to confront my loss, not run away from it. I wanted to wade in with my eyes open and all my senses alert. I wanted to register everything, from the giant waves of sorrow to the inkiest ripples of remorse. I didn't want to miss any of it.

Alex George / quote

07Undated

From across her husband's open grave I had thought she exuded a certain foxy mystique, but now, to my disappointment, she looked just like every other mother I knew.

Alex George / quote