Dani Shapiro, Devotion: A Memoir Quotes

This sadness wasn't a huge part of me--I wasn't remotely depressed--but still, it was like a stone I carried in my pocket. I always knew it was there. [p. 179]

It wasn't so much that I was in search of answers. In fact, I was wary of the whole idea of answers. I wanted to climb all the way inside of the questions and see what was there.

Gone was the reflexive need to see the worst in things. Before the tumors took her life, they gave her a few moments of grace.