The Tell (Oprah's Book Club)

by Amy Griffin

Denial is not a switch that can be turned off and on. Denial is a glass case that must be shattered before you realize you were trapped inside it in the first place.

It was a reminder that multiple stories could be true at the same time, that we select our narratives in accordance with how honest we want to be and how honest we can be with ourselves.

just because something is strongly stored in your memory doesn’t mean that it will be recalled later, or ever. That’s because storage and recall are different memory processes. Recall only happens when the conditions are right.”

You can’t have light without the darkness. You have to feel all of it in order to feel any of it.”