Sarabeth’s Reviews > This is Where I Leave You > Status Update

“If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we’d never leave our bedrooms.”

“You got married right out of college. You’re terrified of being alone. Anything you do now will be motivated by that fear. You have to stop worrying about finding love again. It will come when it comes. Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.”

“I go to this place where I’m totally present, but I’m also thinking that forty minutes ago I was walking through an amusement park with Penny, holding her hand, kissing the cotton candy off her lips. I’m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.”

“Sometimes, contentment is a matter of will. You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you’ve lost.”

“That’s the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.”

“Mom is a shrink, obviously. But she’s more than that. 25 years ago, she wrote a book called “Cradle and All: A Mother’s Guide to Enlightened Parenting.” The book was a national phenomenon and turned my mother into something of a celebrity expert on parenting. Predictably, my siblings and I were all screwed up beyond repair.“