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Barbara Delinsky Quotes

Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.

Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.

Barbara Delinsky
Choices, Easy, Nothing To Lose
Barbara Delinsky (2009). “While My Sister Sleeps”, p.270, Anchor

Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

Barbara Delinsky
Life, Rain, People

Wolves go after a wounded deer, it is the nature of the beast.

Barbara Delinsky
Deer, Beast, Wounded
Barbara Delinsky (2008). “Lake News”, p.74, Simon and Schuster

I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.

Barbara Delinsky
Disappointment, Fear, Father
Barbara Delinsky (2011). “Escape”, p.98, Anchor

You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.

Barbara Delinsky
Kids, College, Men
Barbara Delinsky (2011). “Escape”, p.101, Anchor

If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.

Barbara Delinsky
Want, Disappear, Can Do
Barbara Delinsky (2011). “Escape”, p.102, Anchor

I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.

Barbara Delinsky
Attention, Lasts, Competing

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

Barbara Delinsky
Mom, Mother, Children
Barbara Delinsky (2011). “Escape”, p.99, Anchor

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