“ Her body accepted my brutal seed and took it to swell within, just as the patient earth accepts a falling fruit into its tender soil to cradle and nourish it to grow. Came a time, just springtime last… Roman Payne
“ History has shown us time and time again that you don't have to know someone to love them with all your heart. Shannon L. Alder
“ Queen Katherine, whose boys have all died, takes it patiently: that is to say, she suffers. Hilary Mantel
“ Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.But no, that is not quite accurate. There is one place where her absence comes locally home to me, and it is a place I can't avoid. I mean my own bo… C.S. Lewis
“ My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself. C.S. Lewis
“ For in grief nothing stays put. One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?But if a spiral, a… C.S. Lewis
“ Her mother’s quiet disapproval and withdrawal was a death in itself, and Franckline’s despair at it was transmitted, she was sure of it, to the child. She transgressed twice, first by making the child… Pamela Erens
“ I am not functioning very well. Living with the knowledge that the baby is dead is painful. I feel so far away from you, God. I can only try to believe that you are sustaining me and guiding me throug… Christine O'Keeffe Lafser
“ Some people say it is a shame. Others even imply that it would have been better if the baby had never been created. But the short time I had with my child is precious to me. It is painful to me, but I… Christine O'Keeffe Lafser
“ Oh God, God, why did you take such trouble to force this creature out of its shell if it is now doomed to crawl back -- to be sucked back -- into it? C.S. Lewis
