Blank Quotes

“My eyes brimmed with tears, and I smiled at my little guy, all grown up. All those nights of sitting outside his room until he fell asleep. All the sports classes I drove him to and then sat on the sidelines for, watching him shine. All the diapers changed, lullabies sung, forms filled out, and board games played. The towers built. The sheets tucked in. The shades pulled down. The shirts folded. The breakfasts made (well, microwaved). And here he was—thanking me. I hadn’t done any of it with expectations. Mothering is just what I did from the heart, from the soul. It’s who I was and who I am. And yet as all those moments with him flashed in front of me like an Instagram reel, it took everything I had not to weep. Then Max smiled at me and the tears started flowing.”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“Loss is not just what’s gone in the present but all of the future plans. The trips booked. The imagined graduation events. The holidays not celebrated together. Life falls apart in shudders, in emails from lawyers, drained bank accounts, trips to the ATM, new forms to fill out at the pediatrician, new boxes to check. Life falls apart in music stations no longer listened to, restaurants not gone to, food no longer eaten, dishes not ordered. Habits. Clothes. Preferences. Washed away.”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“Life doesn’t usually fall apart dramatically like in the movies with montage clips and boxes being packed and decisions made on the spot. Life falls apart slowly. It drips and sags like a balloon deflating, air escaping no matter what you try”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“And give yourself the respect to not let anyone take advantage of you.”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“But at the base of it all is trust, respect, affection, kindness. “The real trick is being with someone who brings out the best in you, who sees you—well, not in the way my old boss, Michael, saw me; that’s a story for another time—and makes you the best version of yourself. Someone who makes you feel safe so you can take risks, explore new places, conquer new challenges. That’s what’s important. And that’s”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“But at the base of it all is trust, respect, affection, kindness.”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“Hey, let’s launch a product with no pictures, just words and letters. To enjoy it, you have to sit in one place and stare at it for hours, and then the whole story will slowly unfold just to you inside your brain. It might take you months”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“once I stopped trying so hard to force them, the universe delivered.”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“Imagine someone just came up with the idea of reading. Like, ‘Hey, let’s launch a product with no pictures, just words and letters. To enjoy it, you have to sit in one place and stare at it for hours, and then the whole story will slowly unfold just to you inside your brain. It might take you months to find out what happens in the end. It’s a completely solitary endeavor and you can’t do anything else at the same time.”
― Zibby Owens, Blank

“Marriage is a mix. Some days are warm, easy, loving. Other days you want to strangle the person because they’ve taken five minutes too long in the shower. But at the base of it all is trust, respect, affection, kindness.”
― Zibby Owens, Blank