Mensagens

We disagreed about foundationalism for 30 years. I am going to miss that argument more than I can say.

I took her Introduction to Ethics course in 1998 and changed my major the following week. She did that to people.

She published her last book at 84. It is her best. A philosopher who kept getting sharper with age — a rare and wonderful thing.

Forty years together. She asked better questions than anyone alive and she listened to the answers with her entire self. I miss her with my entire self.

She was the reason I became a librarian. Not because she told me to — because watching her work made me understand it was a calling, not a job.

Grandma sent me a book every birthday until I was 30. Always with a handwritten note explaining why she chose it. I have all of them still.

Mrs. Pearce helped me find my love of reading when I was twelve and struggling in school. She found me a book about a boy who looked like me and cared about things I cared about. That was everything.

Victoria was my closest friend for 40 years. We met at a library conference in 1983 and I never stopped talking to her. I will miss her letters most of all.

Mum, you gave me the gift of books and through them an entire world. I am still inside the one you built for me.

A professora Cida nos ensinou a ler e a ser gente. Cinquenta anos depois ainda nos reunimos para lembrar dela. Isso é o que chamamos de impacto real.

João, você veio do nada e construiu tudo. Nossa família, nossa casa, nosso futuro. Nenhuma palavra é suficiente para o que sinto.

Doña Concha, fuiste maestra de un salón y de la vida entera. Los niños que educaste ya son abuelos y todavía te recuerdan. Eso es un legado que no se olvida.

Toño, me enseñaste que el trabajo honesto es la mejor herencia. Nunca tuviste miedo al esfuerzo y eso nos lo diste a todos tus hijos. Descansa, te lo mereces.

Mãe, você cuidou de tanta gente durante sua vida inteira. Espero que agora alguém esteja cuidando de você do outro lado. Com amor eterno.

The first time I heard her play, I was five years old and I thought the music was coming from the sky.

My grandmother survived things most people can't imagine and came through them with humor and grace. She was the strongest person I've ever known.

Mama, 95 years of living and loving and you still left too soon. I hear your voice in every song we sang in church. I will hear it for the rest of my life.

Mi amor, cuarenta y ocho años juntos no fueron suficientes. Cada día me levanto y lo primero que pienso es en ti. Gracias por todo lo que diste sin pedir nada a cambio. Te esperaré.