Grace > Grace's Quotes

“Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.”
― Robert Bloch, Psycho

“Small children are great accepters. They don’t understand shame, or the need to hide things.”
― Stephen King, The Shining

“People were buying milk, or filling their cars with petrol, or even posting letters. And what no one else knew was the appalling weight of the thing they were carrying inside. The superhuman effort it took sometimes to be normal, and a part of things that appeared both easy and everyday. The loneliness of that.”
― Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

“That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Ageing is nothing to be ashamed of
Especially when the entire race is in it together
Although sometimes it seems that she alone among her friends wants to celebrate getting older
Because it’s such a privilege to not die prematurely”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

“I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.”
― Uma Thurman

“I don’t know if any of the people we know are suspicious or whether they’re just trying to live their lives.”
― Jennie Godfrey, The List of Suspicious Things