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1 " ...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love.The first thing you should know is that everyone lies. The second thing is that it matters. "
― Carla Buckley
2 " Easy enough to fight when the monster kept its distance, easy enough to draw the line. But when the moster was literally outside the door, that's when your actions mattered. The hard choice wasn't opening the door. The hard choice was keeping it closed. "
― Carla Buckley , The Things That Keep Us Here
3 " The first time you hold your baby and see she's all right, you breathe a sigh of relief. You think you've crossed the finish line. You don't realize that the race had just begun. "
― Carla Buckley , The Good Goodbye
4 " Until she started teaching, Ann had no idea how much personal stuff children revealed in the classroom. "
5 " first I thought it was a deer. You know how they run across the ravine "
― Carla Buckley , The Deepest Secret
6 " Sending a child to college is drawing that line in the sand. Your child walks over it and she’s not your little girl anymore. She’s just not. "
7 " The first time you hold your baby and see she’s all right, you breathe a sigh of relief. You think you’ve crossed the finish line. You don’t realize that the race has just begun. — "
8 " You went through Arden’s things? You had no right! "
9 " You ever get lonely?” “Sometimes.” Loneliness breathed on my neck in the middle of the night; it walked beside me as I grocery-shopped, drove to work, cleaned my apartment. "
― Carla Buckley , Invisible
10 " I lift my head and look at her. “I thought she "
11 " Things change, I see, but they can stay the same, too. — "
