Picture This Quotes

“The caseworkers told her she was too young to remember being there, but they were wrong. She remembered the floorboards, sticky with blood, the terrifying sound of the fridge, the unstoppable thirst, and the endless blackness that came and lasted so long as she sat with her mother who would not waken.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“had told Rocky an odd version of this story; little truths had appeared, but the girl had deliberately left out the part that showed the true train wreck. She had deliberately orchestrated the tale for a purpose.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“While I may be guilty of many things, one of them is not that I would lie to you. I will tell you every awful truth,” he promised. “I will not lie to you, at least not about big things. If you ask about hairstyles, butt size, or shoes, then I might resort to creative answers.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“I’m amazed at the number of women who love demolition work.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“The curative properties of distraction were a balm to her agitated state. She had recently discovered that she was damn good at demolition; she liked tearing things apart, ripping entire walls off in huge slabs.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“Friends and family had sometimes made the erroneous assumption that because she was a therapist she would act like a therapist all the time and be thoughtful and introspective in every situation. “Do you think a podiatrist wants to examine feet at a party? Or that an accountant is just dying to balance your checkbook?” offered Rocky, time after time. When she was working as a therapist, she brought all of her skills to the task and served her clients in the best way she knew how. But when she was off duty, she felt free to be a fully flawed human.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“Sit down and talk to the man, for God’s sake. You didn’t know that love was a high-risk business? It surely is. But not taking the risk is terrible,”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“What would Bob think? That’s the question. I need to get you a bumper sticker that says WHAT WOULD BOB THINK?” “I don’t need the bumper sticker because it’s already stamped on my brain and I wish it wasn’t. It shouldn’t matter so much what he thinks. This is my life without him,” she said.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“Buying a house is right up there with the holy trinity of death, divorce, and public speaking.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“and in the hierarchy of breakups he was going to take the high road—no phone breakup, but a face-to-face, which ranked much higher than a text message or e-mail.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“But if you see something that no one else sees, I can only tell you this: Believe what you see. And if it is the unseen that speaks to you, believe that too.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“She wanted her 4:00 A.M. brain to experience the house, the time when thinking goes spiral and catastrophic before morning light restores reason.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This

“I hate to disillusion you, but age doesn’t make you more brilliant. It’s being willing to step into the unknown that will keep you from premature aging.”
― Jacqueline Sheehan, Picture This