Family Reservations Quotes

“When you have a complicated definition of family, belonging can feel like a fairy tale.”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“There’s a singular type of energy that comes from feeling that you’re good at something. That’s what they don’t tell you about getting older—it’s not the invisibility or the aches and pains that kill you. Instead, it’s that incrementally, and over a span of just a few years, you are perceived to be less and less useful to the world. And the belief that you’re slipping begins to calcify into the fear that, if you’re no longer good at something, then maybe you’re not good for anything. And then why are you still here?”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“One of the single most heartbreaking moments in the pantheon of human experiences is when a person who’s lived a lifetime in an environment that demanded they stay guarded finally takes off their armor only to feel the sting of a knife plunge into their heart by the very person they risked it all for.”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“Because a great loss is only noble if it’s followed by an even greater win.”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“Because sometimes it’s not a person who tells you the hard truth; it’s your own body.”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“You taught me how not to be a mother. You taught me how not to be a sister. You taught me how not to be a wife. You taught me how not to be a friend. You taught me how not to be a mentor. And you taught me how not to be a leader. You taught me everything I’ll ever need to know about what not to be, and for that I am forever in your debt.”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“Sometimes the need for a conversation is not about clarity; it’s simply about connection.”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“The sheer combustive energy of the things women don’t say could fuel the entire world’s electric grid.”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations

“That’s what they don’t tell you about getting older—it’s not the invisibility or the aches and pains that kill you. Instead, it’s that incrementally, and over a span of just a few years, you are perceived to be less and less useful to the world. And the belief that you’re slipping begins to calcify into the fear that, if you’re no longer good at something, then maybe you’re not good for anything. And then why are you still here?”
― Liza Palmer, Family Reservations