I'll Be Seeing You Quotes

“Think about it this way--our actions speak truth our words cannot.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“We don't need to have the answers. We'll never have them. They'll come and go and change. And all we can do is figure out the best way to behave when life comes at us. Even if society says it isn't right. Right is so subjective, after all.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“We are always waiting, aren't we? All in a state of hesitation and held breath. Sometimes it's glorious like a storm at the end of a hot day.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Tonight started innocently enough. Most terrible things do, right?”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Sometimes the parts of us that we don’t like are useful.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“We're all so multifaceted, and it's impossible to see all the sides at once.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Silence is a powerful tool.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“When you put your whole heart in something you risk just that. Your whole heart. It's a high roller's type of gamble. I can tell by your letters that you love with your whole heart.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Did if feel like jumping off a cliff when he kissed you? I imagine it did.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“When you feel weak in spirit, think about the agreements you made with yourself about how to live an honourable life. We all have them, but unfortunately the contracts are often written in invisible ink when they should be signed in blood.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“It's good of you to teach the child. A woman needs to be as independent as she can be ore else the world will use her skirts as handkerchiefs and then toss her in the garbage.”
― Suzanne Hayes, Loretta Nyhan, I'll Be Seeing You

“Why don't you go to bed for a bit, Glory?" suggested Robert. "It's been a hell of a war."
It's been a hell of a war, he said. I'll never forget it.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Charlie started crying, in the convulsive, soundless way that men do. "Don't you understand," he said after composing himself, "that's a funeral dirge for the first wave." We all thought about that, the many lives lost before we even opened our eyes this morning.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“This war. It's stolen our peace. It's stolen our tomorrows as well as our yesterdays.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“To put it bluntly, he could die. Any moment. But so could Robert and Sal and Toby. At least I am here with him. He's not alone. Our other boys? They are alone out there without us.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“That is my job, right? To comfort him. To keep the portrait of what he left behind intact. Isn't that a woman's duty during wartime?”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“There is no reason for him to be in a strange land, the grim reaper holding him close, saying, "Yes, today is the day," or "No, not yet.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“If I'm in this war, too, then I should be upset. You know I'm not the type to think collecting bacon grease and scrap metal will keep anyone from dying. How about you give me the words so you don't have to hold them in? It's the least I can do.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Now I've done it. Only one line to say I love you. And I do. Be safe. XO Rita”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Anna used to say that the Buddhists meditate about reactions. That we cannot control WHAT happens to us, only how we react to it.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Did you ever catch a glimpse of what you could be, if you really tried at life?”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Living inside of all this anxiety is difficult. I don’t know if I should grab at life or wait for it to grab me.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“New ideas leave the old ones shaking in their shoes, don't they?”
― Suzanne Hayes, Loretta Nyhan, I'll Be Seeing You

“Sal says it's our responsibility as human beings to never lose our curiosity.”
― Suzanne Hayes, Loretta Nyhan, I'll Be Seeing You

“If I shut everything else out and filled the room with memories, the past could become the present, and I could live there, with him. I would never leave.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“I'm not tasting this pie. I'm tasting all the pies you've made since you cut me a slice and passed it across the counter at the Mondlicht Café. I know what you can do.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“I’m afraid, Glory. Afraid of what I read in the papers. Of not knowing if Western Union will deliver a telegram from someone I’ve never met, telling me my husband or son died on soil my feet have never touched.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You

“Or you could simply throw down a few inches of compost and fake it. That's what we do, isn't it? Do the best with what we have? It's not lying, dear. Don't look at it that way. It's hopeful pretending. Consider it your patriotic duty.”
― Suzanne Hayes, I'll Be Seeing You