Genevieve Quotes

“People know your tragedies and they treat you like
you’re not human. Like you’re a three-headed goat. A monster from some other planet. They keep reminding you of your pain.
You see how they look at me? They’re stuck on that person I used to be. They can’t see that old life as just a moment in time that I’ve moved on from. It was a horrible life.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Genevieve

“It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Genevieve

“We see what we want to see. We idealize each other with our own fantasies.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Genevieve

“For some of us love comes into the room, kicks her
shoes off, finds the most comfortable sofa, and lies down, rests, has no intention of going anywhere. For others love walks in smoking a cigarette, checking her watch every two seconds, jittery, with one hand on the doorknob, heart rate up, always in sprinter’s position, ready to run.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Genevieve

“It is silent, an anagram for listen.
That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Genevieve

“You must have a goal in life. We all should have goals. Or we are lost.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Genevieve

“Knowledge enlightens.”
― Eric Jerome Dickey, Genevieve