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1 " So much of what people believe makes no sense, Wylie. "
― Kimberly McCreight , The Outliers (The Outliers, #1)
2 " Clothes were to Sylvia what books were to me: the only thing that really mattered. "
― Kimberly McCreight , Reconstructing Amelia
3 " Certainly she could never have exchanged pleasantries with anyone. What would there be for them to say anyway? Sorry? Sorry your daughter is dead, Sorry your daughter jumped off the roof of her school when you were on your way to pick her up. Sorry you were late. Too bad you'll be reliving that failure for the rest of your miserable life. "
4 " feelings existed in only one form: magnified. "
― Kimberly McCreight
5 " ...[E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time...As far as I can tell, it's that last five percent that keeps the human race from dying out. Four parts blinding terror, one part perfection. It's like mainlining heroin. One taste of life on that edge and you're hooked. "
6 " Sometimes its hard to tell how fast the current's moving until you're headed over a waterfall "
7 " In order that two imperfect souls might touch perfection. E. M. Forster "
― Kimberly McCreight , Where They Found Her
8 " I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse perhaps to be locked in.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own "
9 " Let go or be dragged. "
10 " Because there are 176 definitions for the word loser on urbandictionary.com.Don't Be a Statistic. "
11 " Pretty bows on a pile of sh$t only make it harder to flush. "
― Kimberly McCreight , A Good Marriage
12 " Simple" Kate had wanted to say, "I'm already dead. "
13 " we're teenagers," Sylvia said. "we're all depressed. "
14 " It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been counting the minutes until I could forgive her. But it's a lot harder to forgive someone who's not looking to apologize. "
15 " Everyone has beacons. Lights that guide them home. "
16 " ...[T]here's a fine line between wild and full-on whack job. "
17 " But some things you can't outrun, no matter how fast you move your legs. "
18 " Happy was my adopted country, not my native land. I was still bracing to be expelled without warning. "
19 " But it’s a lot harder to forgive someone who’s not looking to apologize. "
20 " What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil, "
