Deb Caletti, The Six Rules of Maybe
10 quotes
"Truth was funny, because it was an insistent thing, maybe as powerful and insistent as some force of nature, the push of water or wind. You could keep it out only so long, but it had its own will and its own needs, and maybe you could keep it at bay with lies, but not for long, not for always."
"You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through."
"I've wished for things and never really had the chance...It's time to stop dreaming and do something about it. You've got to know what you want, then...go."
"You could try and understand people, you could read books and understand words and concepts and ideas, but you could never understand enough or have enough knowledge to keep away the surprises that both fate and human beings had in store."
"You can hold a secret, hold it so far in that it drives nearly every thought and every move you make- your very heartbeat, almost."
"If happiness shouldn't make you so miserable, misery shouldn't make you so happy."
"Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them."
"If letting go, if letting people and things work themselves out in the way that they needed to without your help was the most important thing, then it was also the hardest."
"Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're only their simple, goofy selves."
"You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite."