Quotes from Dairy Queen

Catherine Gilbert Murdock ·  275 pages

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“When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“But it turns out that even if I don’t talk a lot, when it’s something that matters I still have a lot to say.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“Everyone I looked at, their whole lives, did exactly what they were supposed to do
without even questioning it, without even wondering if they could
do something different.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen



“Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“I milked, of course, and did some work around the barn, and tried not to think about Brian, which was like trying not to breathe.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“But you know, even worrying about haircuts couldn't depress me. Because every time I started sinking low, I'd just remember about football. All this time I'd thought I wanted to be a trainer, when it turned out I wanted to be a player instead. I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom this gave me—I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it. I am not a cow.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“You can’t think about how much you have left to do because that’s just one thought, one sad thought, that’ll make you bummed out all day long. Instead you’ve got to think about how much you’ve already done.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen



“Talk Back? That's really what it's called? You're supposed to walk into some church basement and say, 'I'm here to learn how to Talk Back'?”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom it gave me- I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that's the whole point in the end, all of us putting up with good deeds, tolerating them as best we can, counting the minutes until we have the opportunity to reciprocate.”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


“trying to make something sound innocent always backfires—I know that just from being a kid”
― Catherine Gilbert Murdock, quote from Dairy Queen


About the author

Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Born place: The United States
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