Holly Goldberg Sloan Quotes

For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

Endings are always the beginnings of something else

If you're lost, you might need to swim against the tide.

I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.

The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.

All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.

I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.

It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.

Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal. But maybe there is also a third kind of dysphagia that comes when your heart breaks into pieces. I can't swallow because I have that kind.

And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart

I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective. I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.

For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.

I don't want to know how you did it. I want to believe you are magic.