Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us? Mrs. Lawson (Mrs. Hartford) death
I kept waiting, you know? Thinking that I'd do something to change my circumstances. Do something. Such an awful waste. You never get it back. Elizabeth Abbott time circumstances
— If something happens to me... could you see that this gets to my wife? He'd given me all of his pay. Hadn't spent a dime of it. — I want my family to know I was thinking about them. Pleasant Curtis