Quotes from Necessary Lies

“Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you. Only you can figure out if it’s worth it.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“You and me," I said,"we both got the same kind of hurt inside us."
She nodded, and suddenly, just like that, I knew I could trust her with my life.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“All the love in the world doesn't put food on the table.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“He looked through the bars thoughtfully, then back at me. “I’ll never forget how she went to you after Lois’s funeral that day,” he said. “She’s a very intuitive little girl, and that moment told me something about you.”
“It did?” I asked.
He nodded. “It told me you’re someone worth fighting for,” he said.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“There was something real breakable about Mary Ella and I was always afraid if I touched her in the wrong spot, she'd crack.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“Feelings are never right or wrong,” she said after a moment. “They just are.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“They're threatened by you,' she said. 'You chose to do something they'd never have the gumption to choose for themselves. Being their own person.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“When you see a picture of the ocean, it's cut off at the edges. You know it goes on and on to the right and on and on to the left, but you never really know how it feels to see that until you actually do see it.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“There are too many silly rules in our lives,” she said, “and our lives are far too short to pay attention to them.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you ,' she said. 'Only you can figure out if it's worth it.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“Sometimes, though, you could do the right thing and still feel sick with doubt.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“Devil, worked with Henry Allen and the day laborers, and it”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you,” she said. “Only you can figure out if it’s worth it.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“saw the accident and she saw his spirit fly”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“Mrs Forrester said you could ruin a thing by wishing for something else. "If you're having fun at the beach, like we are, but you spend all your time here wishing you could be here all the time, you're wasting the time you're here.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“around the open windows, but it was too”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

“barely test in the normal range, but that woman could run this farm. She graduated from the colored high school in Ridley, which is no small feat given the environment she grew up in.”
― Diane Chamberlain, quote from Necessary Lies

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