When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Catherine Gilbert Murdock More Quotes by Catherine Gilbert Murdock More Quotes From Catherine Gilbert Murdock 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. Catherine Gilbert Murdock done long thinking How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was? Catherine Gilbert Murdock failing persons 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. Catherine Gilbert Murdock guts wonder trying Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree that nothing about marriage is forever happy. There are moments of bliss, to be sure, and lengthy spans of satisfied companionship. Yet these come at no small effort, and the girl who reads such fiction dreaming her troubles will end ere she departs the altar is well advised to seek at once a rational women to set her straight. Catherine Gilbert Murdock girl couple dream What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation? Catherine Gilbert Murdock corridors staircases elevation Today exists between yesterday and tomorrow. Catherine Gilbert Murdock yesterday-and-tomorrow yesterday today She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart. Catherine Gilbert Murdock broken humans heart Oh. Listen, this is really hard for me . . . " "What is?" "You know. Being liked." I started to cry. I couldn't help it. Catherine Gilbert Murdock cry knows helping Why was it that jam always coated me so? Catherine Gilbert Murdock jam Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later. Catherine Gilbert Murdock dumb stuff thinking 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. Catherine Gilbert Murdock questioning different wonder It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something. Catherine Gilbert Murdock dating tired house 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. Catherine Gilbert Murdock barns trying thinking I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right. Catherine Gilbert Murdock hate fun people I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that’s the whole point in the end, all of us putting up with good deeds, tolerating them as best we can, counting the minutes until we have the opportunity to reciprocate. Catherine Gilbert Murdock receiving deeds opportunity I’d promised myself that I’d really work on talking more, talking about uncomfortable things, because I could see from Brian how well things could work out if you did. Catherine Gilbert Murdock brian work-out talking 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. Catherine Gilbert Murdock damnation years ideas 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. Catherine Gilbert Murdock what-if stronger awful And that's where our conversation went from there, than God, both of us laughing our butts off at the thought of a hoops game between two teams on intravenous fluids. Which makes absolutely no sense at all; I know that. But that's why it cheered me up, because it was so absolutely stupid. It cheered me up more than I'd ever thought I'd be cheered up again. Catherine Gilbert Murdock team stupid games Everyone's scared. So scared they can't sleep sometimes. Or eat. Or keep their weight on." "Then why bother playing?" I asked. It was a whisper, this question. "Because. You love the game. You love the people you play with. You love winning, maybe. You love that one moment when you get it right . . . I dunno. Why do you play?" "Because," I whispered, "it's who I am." Sounds like a good reason to me. Catherine Gilbert Murdock who-i-am winning sleep
