Mary Ann Shaffer - Life Quotes

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I, too, have felt that the war goes on and on. When my son, Ian, died at El Alamein— side by side with... visitors offering their condolences, thinking to comfort me, said, "Life goes on." What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on; Ian is dead now and will be dead tomorrow and nexe year and forever. There's no end to that. But perhaps there will be an end to the sorrow of it.

Mary Ann Shaffer

This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.

Mary Ann Shaffer

Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.

Mary Ann Shaffer