Quotes from Something like Normal

“Maybe it’s time to find a new normal.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Here's the thing: the strings are already attached.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“I don't know if my life will ever be completely normal again, but something like normal is a good start.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“When it's your business, I'll let you know.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“...chicks are naturally attracted to the scent of badass”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Maybe someday we'll see each other again, Charlie. For real I mean. Until then, save me a seat, okay?
-Solo”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“And, Jesus, she's a good kisser. So good I want to beat the hell out of whoever taught her.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Yeah, well, I don't really want to kick you when you're down, but mostly for some crazy reason"- her face tilts up and she gives me this shy little grin-"I think you might be worth it.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“You should probably stay away from me," I say, resting my head on my knees. "I'm a mess.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Does this public display of affection with my daughter on my front porch mean I'm stuck with you now?" he asks, opening the screen door for Harper.
I'm not sure if I should laugh, so I hold back. "I'm afraid so.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“She beams at me and it’s almost enough to make up for the fact that I’m harder than trigonometry right now. Almost.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Her green eyes meet mine in the Guinness mirror behind the bar and it feels like all the air has been sucked out of the room. I’ve never slept with this girl, but she was the first I remember wanting.

Harper Gray.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“That pretty much sums up our relationship: I have it. He wants it. He gets it. He ruins it.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Welcome home. Now leave me alone.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“I thought I was having a fucking stroke," I say as they free me from my coated elastic prison, making them laugh even harder.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Something I'm not ready to name works itself under the grip of Charlies death and loosens it, and keeps the nightmare at bay when I fall back asleep.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

“Hey back,' I say, my voice low beside her ear. She shivers. I love that.”
― Trish Doller, quote from Something like Normal

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“I'm not afraid to be alone like you are.”
― Courtney Summers, quote from Some Girls Are

“Nothing can fill you up,” she stated.
“Nope,” he agreed again.
“You won’t let it.”
“Barrel’s got a hole in the bottom, buddy, everything leaks out no matter how much you pour in.”
She was silent a moment then she whispered, “Right.”
She turned to the door and his hand gripped his bourbon so hard he had to focus everything on loosening his grip or the glass would shatter.
Before she opened it, she turned back. “You don’t know, Cal, you have no idea.
You’ve shut yourself up for so long in this fucking house with your tragic memories, you have no idea what’s about to walk out your door. Kate, Keira and me, we could have plugged that hole. We could have filled you so full, you’d be bursting. We would have loved that chance. We’d have given it everything we had, no matter the time that slid by, graduations, weddings, grandbabies, you’d have been a part of us and we’d have given everything we had to keep you
so full, you’d be bursting.”
Cal didn’t reply.
“Joe,” she whispered, “you let me walk out this door, you’ll lose your chance.”
Cal didn’t move.
Vi waited.
Cal stayed seated.”
― Kristen Ashley, quote from At Peace

“But then, oh, my blessed, he smiled. I guess from that moment I knew I was going to marry Joseph Wojtkiewicz--God, pope, three motherless children, unspellable name and all. For when he smiled, he looked like the kind of man who would sing to the oysters.”
― Katherine Paterson, quote from Jacob Have I Loved

“Dreams are composed of many things, my son. Of images and hopes, of fears and memories. Memories of the past, and memories of the future...”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from Fables & Reflections

“I practiced saying I was gay to inanimate objects around the house. I told the soap dish in the bathroom, the ceiling fan above my bed, the blue drinking glass I favored above all the others simply because over the years its entire family had perished one by one during various interactions with hard surfaces around the kitchen and I'd convinced myself our solitude was linked.
"I'm gay," I told these things. "I'm a homo."
I would wait for the orphaned drinking glass to shatter, the ceiling fan to drop, or for the soap dish to let out a bloodcurdling scream. But nothing ever happened. The world went on as ever.”
― Nick Burd, quote from The Vast Fields of Ordinary

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