In an idealized world, we ...

In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to write beautiful prose where enthusiasm is conveyed by word choice and grammar.
 Will Schwalbe

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I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time.
 Will Schwalbe
We’re all in the end-of-our-life book club, whether we acknowledge it or not; each book we read may well be the last, each conversation the final one.
 Will Schwalbe