Susan Conley > Quotes

“I want to be the heroine of my story. And you, too, Elsey. You, too, be the heroine. Not the victim. Understand? Because the heroine is the one who owns the story.”
― Susan Conley, Elsey Come Home

“When I'm happy like this, it's unfettered--as if I'll never feel removed from life again.”
― Susan Conley

“I can’t help smiling. He’s the reminder of the best part of our family. He’s me and not me. Better than me, because he sees me from afar and still loves me in a way that I can’t always love myself. And who can do that? Stop judging themselves?”
― Susan Conley, Paris Was the Place

“Here it is out in the open and based—like all love is, maybe—on some amount of abiding affection and on some other amount of need.”
― Susan Conley, Paris Was the Place

“Marriage is long, and you have to will yourself to choose it. Change or die.”
― Susan Conley, Landslide

“The man said he could see I was a survivor and he wouldn't make me unpack all of my suitcases, but he'd like me to rearrange things inside a few of them to get me better prepared for travel.”
― Susan Conley