Judith Guest

“You asked me once what I thought of you. I am going to tell you. I think you're a wonderful person. A beautiful, complicated, and challenging person. And I think you're worth it.”

“He had never been a person who cried, but he could not control it, and he began to sob.”

“People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.”

“Some people are not meant to be in our lives forever. Some people are just passing through.”

“It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.”

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”

“Feelings are scary. And people who have feelings are scary.”

“Grief is a solitary journey. No one can walk it for you.”

“Perfection is not a final state. It is a process. An endless series of moves.”

“To have a feeling is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of being alive.”