What did Meghan O'Rourke mean by: Sometimes you don’t even know what you want until you find out you can’t have it. Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer Copy
+ Loss is so paradoxical: It is at once enormous and tiny. Author, October 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Contradiction, Emotions, Perception, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
Time doesn’t obey our commands. You cannot make it holy just because it is disappearing. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Control, Impermanence, Time, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
One of the ideas I’ve clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Determination, Optimism, Perseverance, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Identity, Legacy, Love, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Grief, Loss, Preparation, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Consciousness, Mystery, Uncertainty, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
+ Like my mother before me, I have always been a good speller. Author, August 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Ability, Heritage, Tradition, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
After all dying is one of the most profound and difficult experiences we have. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Death, Experience, Profound, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
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