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Ben Sherwood Quotes

That's death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your hearts, alert your senses, and pay attention. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice all the little things, because somebody is reaching

That's death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your hearts, alert your senses, and pay attention. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice all the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. Qualcuno ti ama. Somebody loves you.

Ben Sherwood
Song, Stars, Love You
Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.268, Bantam

There's no such thing as a lost cause.

Ben Sherwood
Causes, Lost, Lost Cause

There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.

Ben Sherwood
Mystery, Reason, Said
Ben Sherwood (2004). “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud”, p.169, Bantam

On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.

Ben Sherwood
Beautiful, Moon, Horizon
Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.18, Bantam

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.

Ben Sherwood
Mean, Doing Nothing, Action
Ben Sherwood (2009). “The Survivors Club: The secrets and science that could save your life”, p.14, Penguin UK

Most of all, I miss that feeling when you go to sleep at night and when you wake up in the morning. It's that feeling that everything is all rightin the world. You know, that amazing feeling that you're whole, that you've got everything you want, that you aren't missing anything. Sometimes when I wake up, I get it for just a moment. It lasts a few seconds, but then I remember what happened, and how nothing has been the same since

Ben Sherwood
Morning, Sleep, Night
Ben Sherwood (2004). “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud”, p.110, Bantam

And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.

Ben Sherwood
Home, Thinking, Might
Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.174, Bantam

That is the inescapable math of tragedy and the multiplication of grief. Too many good people die a little when they lose someone they love. One death begets two or twenty or one hundred. It's the same all over the world.

Ben Sherwood
Grief, Math, Two
Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.267, Bantam

...like the 75 billion souls who lived before him, each and every one a treasure, he, too, will die.

Ben Sherwood
Soul, Treasure, Billions
Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.269, Bantam

How many boys like him were out there in the ether, holding on to their big brothers and sisters who were still alive? How many husbands were floating between life and death, clinging to their wives in this world? And how may millions and millions of people were there in the world like Charlie who wouldn't let go of their loved ones when they're gone?

Ben Sherwood
Letting Go, Brother, Husband
Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.191, Bantam

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