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The Younger Wife QUOTES

The Younger Wife QUOTES

1 " She just needed to reframe, that was all. People reframed all the time. People who realized they weren't going to live a long life. People who lost a loved one, suffered an accident, lost use of a limb. They reframed. And [she] would too. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

2 " What happens in our childhood shapes us – our ability to
relate to people, to manage our emotions, to control our impulses. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

3 " father was the benchmark that told you what to expect. What to accept. And, perhaps most importantly, what to believe about yourself. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

4 " You had to love her with your whole heart but do so from arm’s length. Getting close to her was like trying to get close to a helicopter—you always ended up windswept and breathless … and occasionally you lost your head. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

5 " Getting close to her was like trying to get close to a helicopter—you always ended up windswept and breathless … and occasionally you lost your head. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

6 " Perhaps the very worst people still had some good in them. And perhaps the very best had some bad. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

7 " Once again, progress, not perfection. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

8 " Heather had already characterized him as an affable sexist, which was fine by her. She worked in an office full of affable sexists, and they weren’t as bad as people made out. If anything, she felt most powerful around this kind of man. They tended to be largely confused by, and subservient to, women. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

9 " Being Tully’s sister required a very specific skill set. You had to be an animated conversationalist (Tully was easily bored) but also a calming influence. You had to be fully invested in whatever she was talking about but be prepared for the fact that Tully would lose interest five minutes later. You had to love her with your whole heart but do so from arm’s length. Getting close to her was like trying to get close to a helicopter—you always ended up windswept and breathless…and occasionally you lost your head. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

10 " My friend Miriam often laments how we have disappeared now that we are older. No one sees me anymore, "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

11 " One of the cruelest things about moving house is that, in the days leading up to selling, your house will never look better. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

12 " People her age spent so much time
musing on it. What do I want? What do I want? Heather didn’t bother. After
all, it didn’t matter what she wanted. Life happened; you didn’t get to
choose it. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

13 " It was amazing,
the effect a father had on a person. A father was the benchmark that told
you what to expect. What to accept. And, perhaps most importantly, what to
believe about yourself. Her father had taught her to expect nothing and to
accept less. And he’d taught her to believe that she was nothing. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

14 " Perhaps the very worst people still had some good in them. And
perhaps the very best had some bad. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

15 " Answer me from your heart, because that is where the answer lies. You know the truth better than you think you do. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

16 " Dad had made them believe that they were crazy to question him, but he had finally revealed his true colors. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

17 " A father was the benchmark that told you what to expect. What to accept. And, perhaps most importantly, what to believe about yourself. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

18 " It was amazing, the effect a father had on a person. A father was the benchmark that told you what to expect. What to accept. And, perhaps most importantly, what to believe about yourself. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife

19 " It’s funny how desperately the brain will seek an answer if it doesn’t have one. Not knowing is not a restful state. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Younger Wife