The Good Part Quotes

“And I'll take the heartache and the horror and the losses too, the fear of not knowing how it will all come to be, because that is life, in all its glorious, messy Technicolor. And I know I am so lucky to be here, and that every breath I take is the good part.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Is that what life is—missing out in your twenties because you have no money, then missing out in your forties because you have no time?”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Take a moment to enjoy where you are rather than always racing to get to the next exciting thing.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Plants don’t mind who you are, what you’ve done, or what you’ve forgotten. If you visit them frequently and look at them properly, you’ll sense what they need. People are the same—you don’t need to know someone’s entire history to know when they need a hug.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“I wear the gray in my hair as a badge of honor, the privilege of aging.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Life is never quite sorted,
whatever stage you’re at.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“You once told me that everyone dies twice. Once when your body takes its final breath, then again when someone says your name for the last time.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“But maybe there aren’t any shortcuts in life. Maybe you have to live it all, because it makes you who you are.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“This sounds horribly therapy-speak, but act with intention. Make your friends on purpose. Learn things on purpose. Enjoy things on purpose. Work hard on purpose. Have adventures on purpose. You’re sort of hunter-gathering for Future You at the same time as reveling in the uncomplicated optimism and strong liver function of being twenty-six.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“unexpected things are going to happen and change is inevitable. The sooner you accept that, the better equipped you’ll be to roll with things when they crop up,”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“You’ll never regret a vacation, a night out, a night in, or buying the flowers. Show up for your friends. Wear the red lipstick. Savor the lack of responsibility. Everything will work out as it’s meant to, as long as you keep reaching for what you want.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“The advice I’d give myself at twenty-six is probably the same advice I’ve tried to give myself every day since—unexpected things are going to happen and change is inevitable. The sooner you accept that, the better equipped you’ll be to roll with things when they crop up, and trust me, I’ve spent a lot of money on therapy to figure that out on your behalf. All the things that scared me when I was twenty-six ended up making my life a thousand times better.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“It’s okay,” I tell her, “I don’t need to be anywhere else.” And even though there are a hundred things I could be doing, even though there is never enough time, right now, it’s true.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“If you can’t get off the bus, you might as well enjoy the ride.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“maybe there aren’t any shortcuts in life. Maybe you have to live it all, because it makes you who you are.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“You have to get up and face the day, because every day is a gift, and you can’t let Tom Hoskyns or anyone else steal a single one from you.’ ”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Sam squeezes my hand twice, a lovers' Morse code in the dark.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Don’t get married until you’re forty. Live alone for as long as you can. Trust your gut and meditate if you are torn about what to do. The answer will always come to you and you’ll never regret it, because you’ll look back and know you made that choice with a clear mind.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’ ” “Are you Shakespeare?”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“It’s a unique feeling, being hugged by a child—my lap her refuge from everything scary. It feels like a big responsibility to be that to someone.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“We chat for a while longer about nothing of consequence, which is everything to me,”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“but his words feel like a balm soothing me to sleep, the details of our life together like brushstrokes, painting their way into my dreams.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Maybe middle-aged people rarely go out because their houses are too nice to leave.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“I think that’s what a best friend is, someone you can show your inner weirdo to.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Life is never quite sorted, whatever stage you’re at.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“She’s the Buzz Lightyear to my Woody, the Donkey to my Shrek, the Ernie to my Bert. And yes, I do watch too much kids TV.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“Do you think memories make us who we are, Michael?” “No,” he says firmly. “Who we are is our code of morals, the things we stand for, not our ability to recall the past.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“I don’t think I understood the meaning of the word independence”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“think that’s what a best friend is, someone you can show your inner weirdo to.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“remembering is not the same as living.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part