15 quotes found
“[A dog is] a bundle of pure love, gift-wrapped in fur.”
“What made Olive the saddest about the Gardners was that everyone wanted to be enshrined in someones memory. It was the only way of living on after death, really: in the minds of loved ones. Memorie...”
“It was a lesson she was still learning. When she had first started nursing, she had taken every death personally, like she was losing her father all over again. Every patient lost under her care wa...”
“Love had still seemed like such a paltry thing in the face of all my doubts then, much the way it felt now. David had worries my love couldnt touch, fears my love couldnt easily dispel. My love see...”
“I know a little something about fear, honey. I know what a relief it feels like to give into it at first. Its not hard to persuade yourself that youre doing the right thingthat youre making the sma...”
“She loved him, and she was going to do everything she could to get him back. She hadnt come this far just to walk away. He was the love of her life, dammit. The man she wanted to marry. The world h...”
“What good were fate and fortune anyway? If there was some sort of plan she was supposed to follow, it was unreadable to her and impossible to stick to. She was tired of fate, which was probably jus...”
“Its like Im trying to keep the bad away with one hand while holding on to the good with the other, and it just doesnt work. Its stupid. I need both hands. So I guess I just have to spread out my ar...”
“Its easy to point out someone elses mistake, harder to recognize your own. Especially because most peopleexcept the lucky few like ourselvesare forced to live with their mistakes. So they learn to ...”
“Its not called falling in love for no reason. Its scary! Its like jumping out of a plane with no parachute. Or bungee-jumping without your cord attached. Or hang-gliding with only one wing.”
“Ah, selfish. Theres that word again. Sherry smirked. Its been hurled at me many a time, because being a mother and wife is all about selflessness, see? She imitated a perky, syrupy-sweet voice. Giv...”
“It’s like I’m trying to keep the bad away with one hand while holding on to the good with the other, and it just doesn’t work. It’s stupid. I need both hands. So I guess I just have to spread out m...”
“It’s easy to point out someone else’s mistake, harder to recognize your own. Especially because most people—except the lucky few like ourselves—are forced to live with their mistakes. So they learn...”
“It’s not called ‘falling in love’ for no reason. It’s scary! It’s like jumping out of a plane with no parachute. Or bungee-jumping without your cord attached. Or hang-gliding with only one wing.”
“Ah, selfish. There’s that word again.” Sherry smirked. “It’s been hurled at me many a time, because being a mother and wife is all about selflessness, see?” She imitated a perky, syrupy-sweet voice...”
