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Marianne Cronin Quote: “And when I had taken back my hand from his, he said, “Take care,” with such force that it was as though he thought the more emphatically he said it, the more likely it was to happen. That if only I could just bloody take care of myself, I might not die.”

51. “And when I had taken back my hand from his, he said, “Take care,” with such force that it was as though he thought the more emphatically he said it, the more likely it was to happen. That if only I could just bloody take care of myself, I might not die.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “I sat there for perhaps an hour or two trying to decipher the reason for my tears – was it the fact that I had my plans thwarted? That I didn’t get to see Father Arthur? The fact that Jacky didn’t care that I am dying? Or the fact that I’m dying? Or, perhaps, I realized, I was crying because I live in a place where dying doesn’t make you special.”

52. “I sat there for perhaps an hour or two trying to decipher the reason for my tears – was it the fact that I had my plans thwarted? That I didn’t get to see Father Arthur? The fact that Jacky didn’t care that I am dying? Or the fact that I’m dying? Or, perhaps, I realized, I was crying because I live in a place where dying doesn’t make you special.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “You made dying much more fun than it should.”

53. “You made dying much more fun than it should.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “I just got old by accident.”

54. “I just got old by accident.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “And in the quiet, as she carefully outlined her yellow star in gold, I got this feeling I’ve never felt with anyone. That I had all the time in the world. I didn’t have to rush to tell her anything, we could just be.”

55. “And in the quiet, as she carefully outlined her yellow star in gold, I got this feeling I’ve never felt with anyone. That I had all the time in the world. I didn’t have to rush to tell her anything, we could just be.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “Living and dying are both complete mysteries, and you can’t know either until you have done both.”

56. “Living and dying are both complete mysteries, and you can’t know either until you have done both.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “Love is really just two people who can’t keep away from each other.”

57. “Love is really just two people who can’t keep away from each other.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “Try as I might, I have no memory of what we did the rest of the day, or even of saying goodbye, because it’s blended in with all my other visits and all the other goodbyes. Sometimes I try to trick myself into remembering, to observe the day casually from the side, trying to get it to roll itself around and reveal to me what we did or said when the visit came to an end. But I can’t.”

58. “Try as I might, I have no memory of what we did the rest of the day, or even of saying goodbye, because it’s blended in with all my other visits and all the other goodbyes. Sometimes I try to trick myself into remembering, to observe the day casually from the side, trying to get it to roll itself around and reveal to me what we did or said when the visit came to an end. But I can’t.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “Hope is a dangerous thing in the hands of the lonely.”

59. “Hope is a dangerous thing in the hands of the lonely.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “It’s quiet here, and the sun is reflecting off the shiny floor so that the whole place is alive with light. I’m standing among the other passengers in the departure lounge, staring out of the great glass window at the plane, and thinking, That’s it? That’s the thing I’ve been afraid of this whole time? And it’s okay.”

60. “It’s quiet here, and the sun is reflecting off the shiny floor so that the whole place is alive with light. I’m standing among the other passengers in the departure lounge, staring out of the great glass window at the plane, and thinking, That’s it? That’s the thing I’ve been afraid of this whole time? And it’s okay.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “Right above my head, on the shelf made out of sockets and switches, is the hospital’s kind reminder of my impermanence. A whiteboard that says Lenni Petersson in red marker with a smudge near the final n. The thing about whiteboards is that they’re so easily wiped clean. They’re designed to be used again and again and again for the names of the unlucky few who find themselves in the May Ward. One day, in just the briefest stroke of a dry whiteboard eraser, I’ll be gone.”

61. “Right above my head, on the shelf made out of sockets and switches, is the hospital’s kind reminder of my impermanence. A whiteboard that says Lenni Petersson in red marker with a smudge near the final n. The thing about whiteboards is that they’re so easily wiped clean. They’re designed to be used again and again and again for the names of the unlucky few who find themselves in the May Ward. One day, in just the briefest stroke of a dry whiteboard eraser, I’ll be gone.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “I noticed her red dressing gown was monogramed with the initials WF. I wondered what life a person must lead in order for them to need to identify their dressing gown from others with such regularity that monograming would seem a wise choice.”

62. “I noticed her red dressing gown was monogramed with the initials WF. I wondered what life a person must lead in order for them to need to identify their dressing gown from others with such regularity that monograming would seem a wise choice.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “That’s what retirement’s for, isn’t it? Doing the things you always wanted to do but never dared.”

63. “That’s what retirement’s for, isn’t it? Doing the things you always wanted to do but never dared.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “I was so afraid of you. Of how much I missed you and how much I loved you and how much I failed you.”

64. “I was so afraid of you. Of how much I missed you and how much I loved you and how much I failed you.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “And Lenni, when you get to heaven,” he said. Her eyes opened. “Give ’em hell.”

65. “And Lenni, when you get to heaven,” he said. Her eyes opened. “Give ’em hell.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “And I was aware, as I sometimes am, of the Earth moving. That the Earth was rotating and pulling us forwards, and millions of milliseconds were flying by, and that this moment was precious. More precious than my time with Humphrey, which was unlimited and so of much lower value. Time with Meena always passed faster than it should have and it was always more fleeting.”

66. “And I was aware, as I sometimes am, of the Earth moving. That the Earth was rotating and pulling us forwards, and millions of milliseconds were flying by, and that this moment was precious. More precious than my time with Humphrey, which was unlimited and so of much lower value. Time with Meena always passed faster than it should have and it was always more fleeting.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “I would like it to be a place of answers.”

67. “I would like it to be a place of answers.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen the stars. If we’d been on that dark road in Warwickshire we might have seen more, but those we could see were like the whole galaxy to me. They made the world seem big again.”

68. “I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen the stars. If we’d been on that dark road in Warwickshire we might have seen more, but those we could see were like the whole galaxy to me. They made the world seem big again.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “There are some words in the Lord’s Prayer that I don’t know. But I do know the word art. It’s a necessary inclusion, I think. We should all be artists. Especially if God is doing art in heaven; we should follow his example.”

69. “There are some words in the Lord’s Prayer that I don’t know. But I do know the word art. It’s a necessary inclusion, I think. We should all be artists. Especially if God is doing art in heaven; we should follow his example.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “Above us in the unending skies the planets were aligning, but we could never quite align, Meena and I.”

70. “Above us in the unending skies the planets were aligning, but we could never quite align, Meena and I.”

— Marianne Cronin

Marianne Cronin Quote: “And I was aware, as I sometimes am, of the earth moving. That the earth was rotating and pulling us forward, and millions of milliseconds were flying by, and that this moment was precious.”

71. “And I was aware, as I sometimes am, of the earth moving. That the earth was rotating and pulling us forward, and millions of milliseconds were flying by, and that this moment was precious.”

— Marianne Cronin

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