...And there it went, the burden of her lifetime, taken. Auteur: Ann Patchett Copy Quote More from Ann Patchett “I don't have any talent for vacations.” “The kind of love that offers its life so easily, so stupidly, is always the lov…” “They lived their lives only for the hour that lay ahead of them.” “If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own th…”