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One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2) QUOTES

One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2) QUOTES

1 " ...at the end of the day, the people left behind matter as much as the ones who are missing. We mourn the ones we've lost, but we agonize over the pieces of ourselves they took with them. The identities we'll never have again. The emotions we're certain we'll never feel again. The sense of our own selves, becoming undone and disappearing just as completely and suddenly as those who vanished. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

2 " When it comes to basic survival, you want to remember the rule of threes: You can go three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, and three weeks without food. Prioritize accordingly. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

3 " You can go three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, and three weeks without food. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

4 " I’m filled with the age-old terror of making a mistake, looking foolish. How is it we all leave high school, but high school never leaves us? Bob "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

5 " I don’t speak. In this day and age, we all talk too much and hear too little. Listening has become a forgotten art that the world is sorely missing. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

6 " afterwards. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

7 " father might have been my favorite playmate, but she was my hero, "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

8 " Bob pours water onto his "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

9 " Small children take shelter,” I murmur. “The elderly head downhill. The inexperienced follow the path of least resistance.” “And "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

10 " Man can progress as much as we want. Mother Nature still owns our ass. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

11 " experience and the advantage of being the one "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

12 " originally walked away from material possessions because I felt the weight of them dragging me down. Now I don’t own anything I can’t afford to lose because I don’t want to die one day trying to protect something I never should’ve cared about in the first place. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

13 " In this day and age, we all talk too much and hear too little. Listening has become a forgotten art that the world is sorely missing "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

14 " Plans give you a list of tasks to keep you from drowning in your own fear. Plans give you a feeling of control, even if it’s just an illusion at the time. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

15 " We can walk his last steps. We can retrieve his bones to be laid to rest next to his mother’s. But we’ll still never know everything that happened to Tim. Sooner or later, his father and his friends will have to come to terms with that. That the quality of their future sleep won’t be determined by a visit to his grave, but by their ability to let go. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

16 " Watching her, I’m filled with the age-old terror of making a mistake, looking foolish. How is it we all leave high school, but high school never leaves us? "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)

17 " Unfinished business. An addict’s life is filled with such instances. The coulda, woulda, shouldas that will never happen again. "

― Lisa Gardner , One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin, #2)