Some Other Time Quotes

“For every new door we open in our lives, another one must remain closed. With each new choice we make, no matter how small it may seem at the time—to grab a coffee, to stay put a minute longer, to go home and sulk or not—we commit ourselves to a particular path. A certain destiny. And, often without ever realizing it, we commit all the people we love to this path, too.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“get all wrapped up in the notion that their life has to be so big, so earth shattering, that they forget how significant a simple and quiet life can be, too. How meaningful love and commitment are in such an unpredictable world.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“Because in a world where everything is always changing, sweetheart,” Frank says, “where nothing is certain, sometimes it’s nice to have at least one thing that feels constant. To know that wherever you are in life, wherever your journey might take you, when you have this other person at your side, you’ll always feel like you’re at home.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“forced to watch pieces of her only child’s younger self die, like being a guest at a thousand funerals.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“I’m sorry. Please don’t judge me. Please don’t judge her. She never acts like this. She always acts like this. I don’t know why she behaves this way. I don’t know why I do, either. I’m trying. She’s trying. I’m trying. I’m trying. I’m trying.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“Mothers always apologize for their children. Anytime they say the wrong thing. Anytime they act even an iota out of line. Really, though, they’re apologizing to and for themselves. I’m sorry. Am I doing this right? Is this the way she’s supposed to behave? Is this the way I’m meant to feel? This is all so much harder than I ever imagined.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“That is motherhood in some ways, isn’t it? The invisible pain mothers carry. The aches inside their bodies and their hearts that can never be explained or pinpointed or healed.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“people get all wrapped up in the notion that their life has to be so big, so earth shattering, that they forget how significant a simple and quiet life can be, too. How meaningful love and commitment are in such an unpredictable world.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time

“Their eyes catch, a hook to a fish.”
― Angela Brown, Some Other Time