Hopscotch and Heels

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Do you want to know what it was really like without her there? I could still feel her in the house. I can now. The reason I won’t go to sleep is because sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I can sense her, if that means anything. Sometimes when I’m alone I think she’s standing behind me, watching me. It’s like she never left. It’s like it always was.” Oh Jane. I lean my cheek against the cool counter. “For fifteen years I kissed her hello and goodbye and I didn’t make anything of it. It was a habit. I didn’t even notice when I was doing it. I couldn’t tell you what her skin feels like, if you asked. I couldn’t even tell you what it’s like to hold her hand.” All of a sudden I’m crying, something I haven’t done since I was a child. “I don’t have any memories of the important things.

Jodi Picoult, Songs of the Humpback Whale (via absolvedindiscretions)

Once, during a medical exam, the doctor asked novelist Laurie Colwin what she did for a living.
“I’m a writer,” she replied.
“That’s nice,” the doctor said approvingly. “I’ve been thinking about writing a book myself.”
“That’s nice,” Laurie mimicked him. “And I’ve been thinking about performing brain surgery.

From my print archives.  Source lost, but likely The Philadelphia Inquirer (via maniacfinds)