35 quotes found
“I want the white one”
“it's a lot easier to be lost than found.”
“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”
“Good be- gets bad, something lost leads to found...”
“I was just stock in the middle, vague and undefined.”
“funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story”
“He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much e...”
“The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.”
“The further you go, the more you have to be proud of. At the same time, in order to come a long way, you have to be behind to begin with. IN the end, though maybe it's not how you reach a place tha...”
“But you dont have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.You dont have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isnt always out to get you.”
“You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.”
“You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.”
“But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.”
“It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.”
“Family isnt something thats supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. Theyre born, they die. Its always evolving, turning into something else.”
“Family," she announced. "They're the people in your life you don't get to pick. The ones that are given to you,as opposed to those you get to choose.""You're bound to them by blood," she continued,...”
“The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life.”
“For me, family means the silent treatment. At any given moment, someone is always not speaking to someone else.'Really,' I said.We're passive-aggressive people,' she explained, taking a sip of her ...”
“She smiled, pulling the photo a little closer, and I wondered if I should ask her, too, the question for my project, get her definition. But as she ran a finger slowly across the faces, identifying...”
“I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be one of so many, to have not just parents and siblings but cousins and aunts and uncles, an entire tribe to claim as your own. Maybe you would feel los...”
“Well,' she said, adjusting a pot lid, 'I have my family of origin, which is you and Mom. And then Jaime's family, my family of marriage. And hopefully, I'll have another family, as well. Our family...”
“What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed there, regardless.”
“Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.”
“But wasn't that always the way. It's never something huge that changes everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you're busy focusing on...”
“And so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping byforce. She sighed, then reached up, dropping her sunglasses down fromtheir perch on her head to cover her eyes. Do you even rea...”
