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But in order to survive in this foreign world, I had to teach myself that love was very much like a painting. The negative space between people was just as important as the positive space we occupy. The air between our

But in order to survive in this foreign world, I had to teach myself that love was very much like a painting. The negative space between people was just as important as the positive space we occupy. The air between our resting bodies, and the breath in our conversations, were all like the white of the canvas, and the rest our relationship- the laughter and the memories- were the brushstroke applied over time.

Alyson Richman
Laughter, Memories, Air
Alyson Richman (2011). “The Lost Wife”, p.236, Penguin

And I saw for the first time how, despite the isolation of our own lives, we are always connected to our ancestors; our bodies hold the memories of those who came before us, whether it is the features we inherit or a disposition that is etched into our soul.

Alyson Richman
Memories, Soul, Body
Alyson Richman (2011). “The Lost Wife”, p.237, Penguin

A woman who loves books has a dreamer's soul, with each story she has read woven into her own.

Alyson Richman
Book, Soul, Dreamer
Alyson Richman (2014). “The Garden of Letters”, p.159, Penguin

If those we love visit us when we dream, those who torment us almost always visit us when we're still awake.

Alyson Richman
Dream, Awake, Torment
Alyson Richman (2011). “The Lost Wife”, p.206, Penguin

You hear in the person you're destined to love the sound of those yet to be born.

Alyson Richman
Sound, Born, Persons
Alyson Richman (2011). “The Lost Wife”, p.32, Penguin

I love art, my mother is a painter, I majored in art history at Wellesley, and as I was having my second child I was thinking, what am I going to do, I have to do something to keep myself sane, and I began to ask myself, what are the most horrific circumstances under which art can be created?

Alyson Richman
Mother, Art, Children

Love stories always seem to be a spark.

Alyson Richman
Stories, Sparks, Love Story

A woman's pelvis is like an hourglass with the capacity to tell time. It both creates and shelters life. When the mother's diet is insufficient, nutrients are pulled from her own teeth and bone. Women are built to be selfless.

Alyson Richman
Mother, Selfless, Teeth
Alyson Richman (2011). “The Lost Wife”, p.67, Penguin

In my old age, I have come to believe that love is not a noun but a verb. An action. Like water, it flows to its own current. If you were to corner it in a dam, true love is so bountiful it would flow over. Even in separation, even in death, it moves and changes. It lives within memory, in the haunting of a touch, the transience of a smell, or the nuance of a sigh. It seeks to leave a trace like a fossil in the sand, a leaf burning into baking asphalt.

Alyson Richman
Memories, Believe, Moving

I think it's very, very, very hard to get a book published. I never want to be one of those teachers that say, 'don't do this, ' because how sad would the world be if people didn't create art and write? But, it's not an easy journey being a writer.

Alyson Richman
Teacher, Art, Book

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