Catherine Gilbert Murdock Quotes

When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

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.

How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was?

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.

And I have to tell you, as tough as farming is, the idea of farming when you’re losing money year after year... that’s not life even, that’s like death. That’s eternal damnation.

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.

What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation?

And if I didn’t, I’d spend the rest of my life wondering who I could have turned into if only I’d had the guts to try.

She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.

Today exists between yesterday and tomorrow.

It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.

Oh. Listen, this is really hard for me . . . " "What is?" "You know. Being liked." I started to cry. I couldn't help it.

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.

I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right.

That which is priceless has no cost.

So what if Brian made me feel like fireworks were going off inside me. He could also make me feel like a big fat clod of heartsick dirt. It was like he could take any emotion I had and make it ten times stronger. Which is great when it's happiness but pretty darn awful if it's anything sad.