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All the Good Parts QUOTES

All the Good Parts QUOTES

1 " Leona A: But I’m thinking about doing something crazy. Darryl K: Aren’t those the only things that can truly change our lives? Leona A: I suppose so. But we don’t know if the change will be good or bad, do we? Darryl K: And that mystery right there is the beauty of life. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

2 " Carly took a breath, gearing up. “You’ve never made a decision in your life. Think about it. Things happen to you and you react. You let people steer you one way, and then another, and then another, like you’re a shopping cart with a wonky wheel. Don’t fool yourself, Lee, that’s not making a decision.” “That "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

3 " The situation is complicated.” “People say that when they know they have to make a choice between hurting themselves or someone else. Very few things are really complicated. You don’t want to act selfishly, I understand. What you need to know, though, is that the person who would call you selfish doesn’t have to live your life. And life is long, sometimes motherfucking long—excuse my French—and their judgment won’t carry you to the end, only your choices will. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

4 " Odd that the breast cancer movement chose pink as its representative color, the shade of little girls’ bedrooms and cotton candy daydreams. I would have chosen steel gray or a tranquil blue, something exuding quiet strength and serenity. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

5 " Your generation thinks being broken is such a tragedy because you’re used to throwing things away. My people are more frugal. We fix things. Sometimes they end up not quite good as new, but sometimes they’re better. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

6 " don’t rely on the value others will put on your choices. They are yours. Only yours. Trust that you are a decent enough person to make them with consideration. You’re giving them real meaning by taking action, and this is what will lead you toward bettering yourself. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

7 " Why was it when someone wanted to do something out of the ordinary, others countered the impulse with shame? "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

8 " At the beginning of the term, my philosophy of nursing was simple: try not to be the reason someone gets sicker. The past few months have modified it: try to help a patient see a reason to get well. Part of being an effective nurse is encouraging someone who feels helpless to take control of her situation. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

9 " no job is beneath those truly willing to work, "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

10 " Professor Larmon had discussed fading in the elderly, that time when the body, previously getting along just fine, begins to break down all at once, in small but significant ways. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

11 " I made the mistake of thinking life, if I were doing it right, should get progressively easier. What I hadn’t realized was what I thought was a quest for simplicity was really a slow detachment, so steady and continuous I barely felt my own life fall away from me. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

12 " In every neighborhood, there’s a house that draws children to it like flies to fruit. Usually, it isn’t the one you’d think—the one with state-of-the-art sports gear and a play gym built by a team of engineers—but the one where chaos is not only tolerated but also welcomed, where the mom screeches and threatens but her pantry is always full and her heart open, the house where kids are left to mostly work things out for themselves. Casa Brophy was it. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

13 " What I thought was a quest for simplicity was really a slow detachment, so steady and continuous I barely felt my own life fall away from me. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

14 " Sneezing has consequences. So does drinking coffee. Filling your gas tank has consequences. Think about the explosion of possible outcomes when you mistakenly get in the slow lane at the grocery checkout! What I’m getting at is this—even if you decide not to do something—even if you try to stay perfectly still so your personal status quo is as calm as a lake in the dog days of summer—shit is gonna happen. You might as well take a risk. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts

15 " Fear is a parasite, attaching itself to plump, healthy emotions like hope and desire, longing and aspiration. It jumps on your back and sucks hard. "

― Loretta Nyhan , All the Good Parts