“even after all these winters, I see you sitting there, perched at the edge of sunlight, feeling like the invitation of spring”

“They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & true things they would do someday. ”

“She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It's easier to feel the sunlight without them, she said.”

“Quiet Prayer:As long as the sun shall rise goes the old lovers vow. But we are children of a scientific age & have no time for poetry. Still, I offer a quiet prayer of thanks for the sunlight each time I see your face.”

“I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, I'd see her smile on the face of a perfect stranger and I knew she would be there with me all the rest of my days.”

“In the end, I think that I will like that we were sitting on the bed, talking & wondering where the time had gone.”

“If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade.”