Flora Quotes

“A person always has control over how she meets her adversities, and the good news is that the facing of them, one after another, year after year, builds an inner strength that nobody can take away from you.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“I’m not sure I know what ‘simple-hearted’ means,” I said haughtily. “When there’s no deceit or malice in your heart. Most of us have some; it protects us. People without it are rare.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“There are things we can't undo, but perhaps there is a kind of constructive remorse that could transform regrettable acts into something of service to life.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“But the son whips out a Bayer aspirin, the father rises to his feet, embraces the son, and Technicolor is restored to their lives.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“Nonie often remarked that every one of us needed to get away from other people and replenish our personal reserves.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“Remorse went out of fashion around the same time that “Stop feeling guilty,” and “You’re too hard on yourself,” and “You need to love yourself more” came into fashion.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“What is memory but another narrative form?”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“General Confession it had been watered down to we are truly sorry and we humbly repent.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“Other people don’t exist when you’re not with them.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora

“She was her steady self again, the one about whom Nonie had said, "I admire that woman. Despite all her adversities, Beryl Jones manages to stay in control her days.”
― Gail Godwin, Flora