My Best Friend's Dad Quotes

“The first thing I learned about confrontation is to always allow the other person to tell you their side of things, rather than just steamrolling over them in a fit of rage and piling on accusation after accusation. So I pull my tea close, take a big sip, and put on my best listening face. He can dig his own grave with his words first, and then I’ll jump all over him.”
― Sadie Black, My Best Friend's Dad

“I deserve better than how I’ve been treated, and Hayes’s behavior has been unacceptable. We can’t keep living like this, can’t keep orbiting each other and then randomly colliding and then having to act like nothing happened afterward. It’s just not a good situation for anyone. And I’m worth so much more than that.”
― Sadie Black, My Best Friend's Dad

“But you know what they say. If you find a job you love, you’ll—” “Never work a day in your life,” I finish. “Yeah, no. I always thought that was bs. If you really love something, doing it every day for money just turns it into a chore.”
― Sadie Black, My Best Friend's Dad

“I guess I’d say that sometimes I throw myself into projects a little too enthusiastically, to the point where I lose track of other things,” I say. “I hyperfocus, and I can get stuck. I think it’s partially perfectionism and partially the need to give every little thing my all.”
― Sadie Black, My Best Friend's Dad

“A mountain and a beach are obviously very different,” Hayes goes on, “but both are incredibly powerful. They give you perspective. Physically, yes, but also…you realize there are things much greater than you when you’re forced to look outside yourself.”
― Sadie Black, My Best Friend's Dad

“I close my laptop and go over to Lincoln, give him another of those half-hug, half-back patting embraces men do when they’re trying to show affection but aren’t sure how.”
― Sadie Black, My Best Friend's Dad

“I lived my life worrying about things I couldn’t really control, and it ate at my soul. It took becoming estranged from my father and divorced from my son’s mother for me to finally take the leap that got me where I am today. I had to hit rock bottom to find the guts to stand up and be bold.”
― Sadie Black, My Best Friend's Dad