Curated Quotations

Meghan O’Rourke

Quotations

  • “My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don’t know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing.” -Meghan O’Rourke

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  • “It’s all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.” -Meghan O’Rourke

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  • “My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.” -Meghan O’Rourke

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  • “Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It’s like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes.” -Meghan O’Rourke

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  • But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone. – Meghan O’Rourke

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