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Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive sweetness before grabbing your heart and pulling it under.

Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive sweetness before grabbing your heart and pulling it under.

Karen White
Memories, Heart, Loss
Karen White (2011). “The Beach Trees”, p.12, Penguin

Every woman needs a daughter to tell her stories to.

Karen White
Daughter, Needs, Stories
Karen White (2009). “The Lost Hours”, p.256, Penguin

You have to get through the rain if you're ever going to see a rainbow.

Karen White
Rain, Rainbow, After The Rain

A life without rain is like the sun without shade.

Karen White
Rain, Shade, Sun
Karen White (2012). “After the Rain”, p.79, Penguin

The word that came to me now was "defiant." Because a person had to be defiant to be able to stand amid the wreckage of her life and instead of shaking a fist, pick up a hammer.

Karen White
Hammers, Fists, Able
Karen White (2011). “The Beach Trees”, p.238, Penguin

But there is room now in my heart for more memories, carved by a letting go that I could find only by coming home to a place I'd never been.

Karen White
Letting Go, Memories, Home
Karen White (2011). “The Beach Trees”, p.283, Penguin

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