I've grieved enough for his life cut short and for mine for running on for so long with so little in it. It's weakness now, but I suppose I am crying out of a general sense of loss. Maybe I am mourning for the human condition. Rosie Thomas More Quotes by Rosie Thomas More Quotes From Rosie Thomas I will continue my path, but I will keep a memory always. Rosie Thomas moving-on path memories Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together. Rosie Thomas glue christmas together The dead do not harm us, only the alive. Rosie Thomas harm alive Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate. Rosie Thomas folly loss looks I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage. Rosie Thomas far-away fear doe Anything that makes it easier to understand, makes it a little easier to bear. Rosie Thomas understanding bears littles I am afraid of losing what I have already valued. Rosie Thomas losing The dead and not-yet dead, we are company all together. Rosie Thomas company together Death, when it's right there it doesn't seem too huge and terrible to let into your mind. Rosie Thomas terrible seems mind Is nothing in life ever straight and clear, the way children see it? Rosie Thomas clear children way After a lifetime's independence– yes, selfish independence as my daughter would rightly claim – I am terrified of being reduced to childhood once more, to helplessness, to seas of confusion from which the cruel lucid intervals poke up like rock shoals. Rosie Thomas selfish rocks fear Let her be with her memories. Better that than be aware of this reality. Rosie Thomas memories reality Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family. Rosie Thomas important way I need them and they need me to need them Rosie Thomas needs Things don't matter, people do Rosie Thomas friends-forever matter people Try to capture what you can't bear to be without Rosie Thomas capture bears trying Some things I can never forget. I must not. Otherwise what do I have left? Rosie Thomas left never-forget forget I can only strive for what is important Rosie Thomas strive i-can important Amazon’s got all the money they ever needed, they don’t need any more. Rosie Thomas tech
