Something in the Water
Catherine Steadman
Top 10 Best Quotes
“... She told me not to let it make me angry, not to let it break my heart, but to remember that we all lose the things we love the most and how we have to remember that we were lucky to have them at all in the first place.”
“It's impossible to know if we were a good thing that broke somehow or a bad thing that eventually became exposed. But either way, if I could just go back now to the way we were, I would. I would, without a moment's hesitation. If I could just lie in his arms one last time, I could live with an illusion the rest of my life. If I could, I would.”
“always read outside your comfort zone. That’s where stories come from. That’s where ideas come from.”
“Sometimes you're the lamp post, and sometimes you're the dog.”
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? Wonder no longer. It takes an age. However long you think it takes, double that.”
“I guess that’s the way life works, isn’t it—nothing, and then everything at once.”
“Five A.M. is already the sort of hour that prompts you to question your life choices.”
“But you don't sign up for certain things without knowing the rules, Erin. And if you've signed up for the game, then you can't complain when you lose. You got to lose with dignity is all; a good sportsman always lets people lose with dignity.”
“But that's life, isn't it? Sometimes you're the dog; sometimes you're the lamppost.”
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