Rosemary Kennedy’s lobotomy; Amelia Earhart (“She could fly”); heroic crushes; Mnemosyne; tintinnabulation; Theodore/Teddy/Tee-o-dore Rosenthal; Gray’s Anatomy; What seems to be the trouble?; God is nearest to those with a broken heart (Psalm 34); What’s a shiksa?; the ache of wonder; the spinning universe; living within shouting distance of each other; Einstein; Wellesley College; Visiting hours are from twelve in the afternoon until twelve in the afternoon; no grief can be sustained indefinitely.
 
From An Uncommon Education by Elizabeth Percer