Claire Bidwell Smith Quotes

#1. Her death leaves me both depleted and emboldened. That's what tragedy does to you, I am learning. The sadness and wild freedom of it all impart a strange durability. I feel weathered and detached, tucking my head against the winds and trudging forward into life.

Claire Bidwell Smith

#2. I imagine how good it must feel to them to know how much they are still loved and missed in this realm, and for a moment I let myself feel them loving me back.

Claire Bidwell Smith

#3. I am them. And they are me. All of us, we are each other. There is no such thing as good-bye.

Claire Bidwell Smith

#4. I am silent, marveling at the power we have to unlock a person.

Claire Bidwell Smith

#5. ...the only thing really worth doing in this life is giving love to everyone around you.

Claire Bidwell Smith

#6. I realize in this moment that all my life I've felt that I deserve to be punished, for wanting so much, for taking so much from this world, from the people who love me.

Claire Bidwell Smith

#7. When you've gone through something traumatic, when you've faced death and loss as much as we have, it's only natural that it changes your entire view of life.

Claire Bidwell Smith