In Her Shoes Quotes
"You're a very smart girl. Part of what makes you so smart is that you can always think of another way to get the job done."
"You'd just find another way to get there. And you're smart enough to do it really well."
"If you don't know what a word means, figure it out through context, is how I'd put it. It's all about finding solutions."
"I matter. Even though I've gotten fatter, I'm still here."
"I have ears to hear the sounds of life around me."
"The ocean's gentle thunder, the sound of children laughing, the music of sun and smiles."
"Just because I'm old, because my step's a little slow, because my hair has gotten gray, because I nap most ev'ry day."
"It takes the stomach twenty minutes to send a message to the brain that it is full."
"You could go back to school, you could get a better job."
"I don't want you to be alone. I want you to find someone."
"I think it's the least I can do, since you've been so generous."
"Just because someone is poor, does not mean they must be unfashionable."
"I used to be a mother, that I wasn't a mother anymore, and that it was my fault."
"The name sounds familiar. I could make a few calls ..."
"She always knew that I was destined for musical greatness."
"You're the only one who made your deadline. As usual."
"I mean, you're living with me rent-free, you haven't found a job . . ."
"I don't want to work in another store. I don't want to waitress."
"I'm not a freeloader. I don't sit around and feel sorry for myself."
"I'm trying very hard. It's not easy for me, Rose, you know?"
"He's advising me on my paper. Would you have been suspicious?"
"You know the really pathetic part? I could have loved you."
"I want you to pay for your phone bill. And maybe gimme some money for groceries."
"Nobody looking at her would ever suspect what she really was."
"Remember what Mom said? You have to learn to use your words."
"It doesn't matter where you come from, it's where you go that counts."
"I'm just happy she's back where she belongs."
"Sometimes it's nice just to talk. To remember the good times."
"You must be wondering why I want them," "Because I can't see them. But I know what flowers look like. And I can smell them, too."
"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster."
"Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master."
"Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaster."
"I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went. The art of losing isn't hard to master."
"I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster."
"Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster."
"It's the result of billing by the hour, I think. You just blurt out what you have to say, because the meter's running."
"I think about getting on my bike and riding across the country."
"The greatest journey begins with a single step."
"How much money would it take to get her out of here?"
"I'm actually taking a break for the time being."
"I've felt horrible about myself for practically my entire life."
"You don't know what it was like to live in this house."
"She was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen."
"I think you should do this for other people."
"I want to find something that's perfect."
"It's the elderly ones who always surprise you."
"I have a hard time getting around malls. It's genetic."
"Caller ID. How are things? Are you relaxing?"
"I'm going to be your husband. I want you to lean on me."
"It's good, I think. If everyone went to high school someplace else, it's not like you're always running into people who remember what you were like in high school, or college, or whatever."
"I love you very much, my bride-to-be."