The Diamond Brooch Quotes

“Grief was hell. Period. You couldn’t buy your way out of it. You couldn’t skip over it. You couldn’t deny it. You just had to fucking live it.”
― Katherine Lowry Logan, The Diamond Brooch

“Reality: What a concept.”
― Katherine Lowry Logan, The Diamond Brooch

“Peace is a daily process of changing opinions, eroding old obstacles, and quietly building new ones.”
― Katherine Lowry Logan, The Diamond Brooch

“To love you as deeply as I love you gives me strength. Being loved so deeply by you gives me courage. May that strength and courage lift us up in times of need, encourage us in moments of weakness, fill us with wisdom in our times of doubt, and fill our hearts with eternal joy.”
― Katherine Lowry Logan, The Diamond Brooch

“Father Paul told us that everyone who lives long enough to love will experience a great loss sometime in their life. But you can’t let fear of losing again take away the joy of living.”
― Katherine Lowry Logan, The Diamond Brooch

“The thing about grief, which I discovered when mom died, is you can’t predict how long it will last, or when it will show up again and smack you in the face. You know, like it’s mad because you forgot about it for an hour or a day or a week. It’s all part of the process. It sucks.”
― Katherine Lowry Logan, The Diamond Brooch

“JL shook her head in a slow, exaggerated way. “We went. He gave up. He said, ‘Fooey.’” She swatted at the air. “Fooey.” Amy laughed. “Nobody says fooey anymore. They don’t say Dewey or Louie, either.”
― Katherine Lowry Logan, The Diamond Brooch