Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees Quotes

“There are fights about money, and fights about everything else,”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“Silvia knew, that in his heart of hearts, he would rather build than destroy. Destroying had just become a habit, and habits are, after all, hard to break”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“Grandma Tucci was only too willing to admit to being wrong because she knew that admitting to being wrong was how she could become a better person”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“You know most people don't even know how to say sorry. It's tough to say sorry”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“Grandma Tucci would say, “You can’t help whom you fall in love with.”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“Sometimes dreams can hurt you.”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“She was a coffee-spilling, plate-dropping wreck of a waitress who surprised herself the few times she got an order right.”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“She also kept herself and her problems sealed up inside of her. She never talked about her problems, and her crazy husband, who she could never leave because she was such a devout Catholic. Instead of dealing with her problems, she chain-smoked and went to church a lot.”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees

“But the bigger part of her knew he needed to fall on his own face. She only hoped that he would not have to fall as hard as she had. In the meantime, why shouldn’t he enjoy the good times? The dreaming, the cheering, the trying. So instead of giving him any lectures on the topic of self-preservation, she commended him for his lofty ambitions.”
― Grace Mattioli, Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees