This Used to Be Us Quotes

“So the four horsemen in a relationship refer to contempt, criticism, defensiveness, and stonewalling. When these four behaviors are involved, it’s really difficult to make any progress at all.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“Time exists to provide a framework for our lives. We invented it. It’s subjective. You can’t measure half of something if you don’t know how much the whole is, and everyone’s number is different.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“I know for sure that loving your people well will make your life better, but you have to practice it every day. It’s a skill to refine…a craft to perfect.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“You don’t have to keep up, you just have to stay in the right place. A place where I can always find you. That’s what home is.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“None of those other places felt real because I knew I wouldn’t have anyone to share the memory with.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“It’s impossible to want for something you already have”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“She’s just…a lot. Not high-maintenance, just a walking broken tooth, exposed nerves, sensitive to even the slightest breeze.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“Alex, I want you to be proud of me…and proud to be with me. I want you to be fascinated by me, and by my brain, like you used to be. Enchanted by who I am, captivated by how I see the world, mystified by how someone like me can exist and by how you are the one who gets to hold me in your arms. I want you to be enamored, Alex! Even if it’s not true—I want you to pretend it is…and I want to believe the lie.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“Maybe that relationship hubris came back to bite us in ass. We thought we were so much better than everyone else, and now we're a cliche.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“Kids are not our clones. They grow and change and we have to get to know them all over again at every new juncture.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us