One for the Murphys Quotes

“Do you know what courage is? It's being afraid and doing it anyway.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“But most of all, I'll remember how she loved me. I turn away, knowing that I might never get to see Julie Murphy again. But I will know her for the rest of my life.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“I guess sometimes you don't know what you want because you don't know it exists.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“I feel like the things I should say are the things I can't say. And the things I could say are the things I shouldn't say.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“All these gifts you have, Carley. All these gifts you have." -pg. 157”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“You regret the things you don't do more than the things you do.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“Sometimes I wonder. On the pathetic scale, where would I land? I know other kids my age would go to the mall if they cut school, but I'm off to the library.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“BE SOMEONE’S HERO”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“If you put off a vibe that you can handle yourself, other people will start treating you that way. Everything is attitude.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“We've both changed. We're tired of having the world push us into places we don't want to be. We're both scared of losing love that maybe we never had to being with. We can have whatever we want in our lives. It's only a matter of deciding. But we don't have to do it alone. We have each other.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“Would you say...that you're yourself around her? I always think that's the true measure of how good a friend is" -Mrs. Murphy”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“I begin to think that a foster mother who smokes cigars and makes me sleep in the basement would be a relief.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“...I realize that Toni and I feel the same way about things. That we've both changed. That we're tired of having the world push us into places we don't want to be. That we're both scared of losing love that maybe we never had to begin with. That we can have whatever we want in our lives; it's only a matter of deciding. But Toni and I don't have to do it alone. We have each other." -Carley”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“It's just a matter of making a decision and following through.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“My mouth dries up. I know I am not apologizing for the picture. I am sorry for being there in the first place.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“Connecticut is covered with them, but in March the branches are still bare. Like long, gray fingers waving us along as we speed by.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“I wanted to help a kid with… personality, you know? A kid with some fight in them.”

“So I can hit somebody?” I say, sitting in a chair. “Because, to tell you the truth, I would really like to hit somebody.”

She takes a deep breath. “I understand, Carley, but no, you can’t. But I don’t blame you for feeling that way. I meant fight as in determination.” She looks at me in a suspicious kind of way. “But I have a feeling you knew that.”

I look up at her. “Sometimes you need to fight, you know. Even if you don’t want to.”

She nods slowly and says, “I understand.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“My fingers play with my hospital bracelet. I stare at my name. Carley Connors. Thirteen letters. How unlucky can one person be? I think about my mother. Still there, lying in her hospital bed like an eggplant.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“Someday, Carley, you’re going to have to realize that being angry at the whole world only hurts you.” I wonder if that isn’t the point.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“being angry at the whole world only hurts you.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“He rubs his palms together again. “I’ve decided that you shall all”—he makes little quotation marks in the air—“suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” He smiles. “I’ve not only chosen your partners, but I’ve given you partners that I know you do not get along with or people you have little in common with.”

Everyone wakes up. Including me. I can’t work with Rainer. I can’t.

“Oh yes! I’ll do this—force you together and invite conflict—because I want you to think about what the world would be like if we all worked to understand people who are different than we are.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“my old coach used to say that forty percent of success in basketball is desire and another forty percent is confidence.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“Oh yes! I'll do this - force you together and invite conflict - because I want you to think about what the world would be like if we all worked to understand people who are different than we are.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“Oh yes! I'll do this - for you together and invite conflict - because I want you to think about what the world would be like if we all worked to understand people who are different than we are.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“I’m a little startled when Mr. Murphy speaks to me. “So, you like baseball?” “Well, I like him,” I blurt out. He smiles as he looks back to the screen. “Well, I like him too, but somehow I don’t think in the same way you do.” I’m embarrassed.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“We’re pals together Rootin’ pals, tootin’ pals Birds of a feather.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“از کارهایی که نمی‌کنی پشیمون می‌شی نه از کارهایی که می‌کنی.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“گر چه هر کسی می‌نونه دنیای اطراف خودش رو، مثل خانواده‌ش رو عوض کنه، ولی آدم‌های کمی هستن که می‌تونن دنیا رو در سطح جهان عوض کنن.
حالا این آدم‌ها باید باهوش، پیگیر، و آدم‌هایی باشن که خوب ارتباط برقرار می‌کنن، ولی خصیصه‌ای که به اون‌ها کمک کرده تا بتونن واقعا در تلاش خودشون موفق بشن علاقه و قابلیت‌شون بوده که تونستن لگدی به ماتحت‌شون بزنن.”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“MacAvoy”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“See? You’re lying to yourself already!”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys