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41 " Articles about things weren't the same thing as stories I'd made up. Those I wasn't ready for the world to pick apart, not yet. "
― Kimberly McCreight , Reconstructing Amelia
42 " Simple, Kate wanted to say. I'm already dead.Instead, she'd pressed her lips together so hard it made her eyes water as she'd grabbed her prescriptions. The ones her therapist had assured her would help with the nausea and the insomnia. In reality, they'd nothing except make her feel as if she were underwater. Kate kept taking them in the hope she might eventually drown. "
43 " The moment was so beautiful and perfect-Ella and the ice cream and the sun. But it didn't feel like it belonged to me, not in any permanent sense. Happy was my adopted country, not my native land. I was still bracing to be expelled without warning. "
― Kimberly McCreight , Where They Found Her
44 " What is that Zen saying of yours, Rose? ‘Let go or be dragged’? "
45 " She had a wildness tucked inside her that made her seem fun and unpredictable and just a little tiny bit dangerous. "
46 " Not everything about where you're headed has to be about where you've been. "
47 " Besides, when you were married to an alcoholic, you got tired of excavating details. Don’t ask, don’t tell. It was easier that way to pretend you had absolutely zero role in anything that happened to you. Or not you. Me. That was what I had always done—wipe away the inconvenient facts to keep my eyes on the prize: forward momentum. "
― Kimberly McCreight , A Good Marriage
48 " In turns out, there is a certain solace in sadness. Solace, and maybe freedom. "
― Kimberly McCreight , Friends Like These
49 " ... the problem with getting so much of what you wanted -you just ended up wanting more. "
50 " Best friends are supposed to stand by you, no matter what. They disregard your occasionally disagreeable nature and off-putting eccentricities and accept the whole of you. That’s the beauty of real friendship. But close friends can also let you get away with too much. And what feels like total acceptance, what masquerades as unconditional love, can turn toxic. Especially if what your friend really wants is a partner in crime, someone to excuse their own bad behavior. Because letting you be your worst self just so you can be terrible together is cruelty, not kindness. And it’s got nothing to do with love. Not that I ever thought you were cruel. I thought you were funny and smart and so gorgeous that it made my chest ache. God, how I loved you. Not in a sexual way, I just worshipped "
51 " Contrary to previous assumptions, maternal depression can also manifest in a myriad of ways, many far different from what some might consider traditional depressive symptoms, including psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other anxiety disorders. "
― Kimberly McCreight
52 " Giving people too much all but guarantees they'll never really love you "
53 " Why are the bad things always so much easier to believe? It shouldn't be that way but it is every single time, you're too sensitive, and too worried they say, you care too much about all the wrong things. One little whisper in your ear and the words tumble through your head like you're the one who thought them first. Hear them enough and pretty soon they're etched on the surface of your heart. "
― Kimberly McCreight , The Outliers (The Outliers, #1)
54 " I promise to be your light home" was his last vow. And in so many ways, meeting Sam had been a flare shot off, startling me awake and blazing a trail through my darkness. And yet, we'd ended up so hopelessly lost. "
55 " Time deepens friendship, Sarah said. Romances, eh, not so much. "
56 " sure I can handle waiting for more bad news.” “I know, Kate, and I’m sorry.” His voice "
57 " but it didn't feel like it belonged to me ... not in any permanent sense , happy was my adopted country , not my native land . I was still bracing to be expelled without warning . "
58 " A woman strong enough to set me free. "
59 " — La biologie n’est pas le destin, Jasper, a affirmé Jason lors de leur premier entretien. Il y a l’expérience de la vie et le libre arbitre. Même si tu as tendance à te mettre en colère trop vite, tu n’es pas condamné à finir comme ton père. "
60 " the door. “One last thing,” Lew said as he "