Tarah DeWitt > Quotes

“Well, how interesting. Men are afraid of women being funnier than them, and women are afraid of, oh, I don’t know, being oppressed, beaten, raped, or killed by men. But look out! Funny chick here might follow you down an alley and make you chuckle without consent!”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“One day, when we're very old and gray, one of us will open our eyes to a day that the other won't, but we'll smile knowing how full life has been, knowing how we spent forever. Everything left of it, together”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“But you know what the bravest thing of all is? The most extraordinary thing? To live by your own standards and no one else's. To be happy by your own measure.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“Sometimes courage is just quietly trying again.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“Don't worry so much about the clouds that you miss the flowers at your feet.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“You once told me you thought you were a lot of nots. I want you to know that to me, you're everything. I love that you're full of terrible puns that you're not afraid to follow with profound wisdom. You're all the shapes made perfectly to hold me, and you're all my favorite colors.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“If you're lost, I'll find you. I'll give you my body, my heart, and my soul. I'll cherish every bit of yours in return. I'll fight with you. I'll fight for you. I'll love you for everything left of forever, in every lifetime we get.”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“I would do it all again for the privilege of loving him, of being loved by him. He didn't fix me, and I didn't fix him, but we loved each other wholly.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“Sushi arrives, and it’s not until halfway through the meal that I notice him using his fork to eat instead of the chopsticks. It’s also when I notice that he uses that fork with his opposite hand, so he can keep hold of mine with the other.  It’s the best lunch of my life.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“This book is dedicated to all the women who’ve ever been told that they’re Too Much.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“I grew up with my great love, so I think maybe my heart took shape around his.”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“Life’s short. Go to the library. Live a million different stories and see a million different places in one. You might not have control over some things, but you can always foster your imagination.”
― Tarah DeWitt, Savor It

“All I know is that if I found out heaven was real and got there first? I’d hang back in the waiting room and save you a seat.”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“It's been a privilege to fall in love with you, Sage.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“I got the tattoo because I wanted to remember that feeling that you gave me the first time I met you. When you burst inside and demanded to make a connection. I wanted to remember to not be afraid of that, anymore. Even if it doesn’t look the same for everyone. Even if some people speak with their hands, some use a mic, or art, whatever. You did it with your friendship with us.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“Because when I’m not what works for people at that time in their lives, when I’m not a convenient version of me, I always manage to lose them.”
― Tarah Dewitt, The Co-op

“Did you know g-geese bond for life?! D-d-did you know th-they can get—can get depression?! . . . And I just LEFT," she says.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“This book is dedicated to all the women who’ve ever been told that they’re Too Much. Maybe you’re too loud, too crass, too open, too bawdy. You overshare too often, say too many bad words, you’re too weird, or too emotional. To the women who, in their quiet moments, still think back on their social interactions and wonder if they really are too much, if they should feel embarrassed, or ashamed. You are fucking incredible. You are my people. Don’t you dare dilute yourselves to make yourselves more palatable. You are all heart and fire.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“If you won't have me back anymore, then I'll find you in the next life. You are the only thing that makes me believe in that. In something bigger than myself. The way I have felt about you has been the only thing that's felt like ... like it can't be contained in one body or lifetime.”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“His DNA altered mine, and our souls shaped themselves for each other. Everything in my body and being welcomes every part of him”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.Yakov Smirnoff”
― Tarah DeWitt, Funny Feelings

“I miss you, too sounds glib. You have been missing from me is more accurate. There's a void where you live in me”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“I've got you. Always.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“Nothing's for certain, except that I certainly fucking love you.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“So. So what if you happen to meet the love of your life in some tiny town, and so what if you get stuck there? If it’s a life that’s filled with joy, by your standards? I can’t imagine a bigger, more fulfilling feeling.”
― Tarah DeWitt, Savor It

“My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.” - Rodney Dangerfield”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“When you have a bad day ma fille, think about it from beginning to end. Walk your way through it. Was it really a bad day, or was it a few bad moments? What part of your day would you like to hold onto before you close your eyes? Find that good bit, and let it be the thing you go to sleep to.”
― Tarah Dewitt, The Co-op

“We have whatever's left of forever, you and me”
― Tarah DeWitt, Left of Forever

“If someone’s carrying your heart, shouldn’t you do them the courtesy of warning them? Like catching someone driving with a mug on top of their car. Hey, there! You probably need to stop, pull over and take care of that! At least slow down.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“I did. I think it goes without saying that while we’re doing this publicly, we uhhh, shouldn’t be dating other people.” “Aw. I’ll break the news to my harem.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings