Both Sides Now Quotes

“Garners’ house had a big window that opened out to the road, and you could see right into their living room if you drove by the house. I decided to just take it as it came. If he came over, I could always send him away. Or so I tried to tell myself. I got to the Garners’ house a little after dinner. When they left, they said they would be home late, but that I should put their little girl to bed by 8:30. By 9:00,”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“matter how bad things were, she could make”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“me to catch my balance. I had separated from”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“don’t know. Maybe thirty years?” “What? None of your other boyfriends ever brought you up here? What’s wrong with them?”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“He backed up and pulled into the side yard where he had parked his Vega all those years before. I looked at my old house. It was different. Someone had remodeled it. It looked nicer, but it didn’t look like home. “You know, we are in Mossyrock,” I said. “Sitting in someone else’s”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“Shawn had to work that day, but drove down as soon as he could. We stood together in Dani’s room,”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“nothing was the same. The Mossyrock Lanes bowling alley looked long since closed down. The G Theater, where we had gone to many”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“had changed over the years. We drove through town and I turned to Shawn. “Alright, that killed about sixty seconds. What do you want to do now?” “I guess I can”
― Shawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“Music has been central to the way Shawn and I expressed our feelings. The songs we shared remained so linked to him that they always took me back in time. In fact, when I was alone, I had taken to talking to him when our songs came on. It wasn't sappy 'Oh, I miss you' sort of talk. Instead, when a song like Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty came on, I could swear I would hear his voice in my head saying something like, "Do you remember where we were when we heard this song the first time?”
― Dawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“Everything came back at once. Laughing, talking, holding each other close. The way he always touched my cheek before he kissed me. Warmth. Safety.
I lost my grip on my fork and it clattered onto my plate. Shawn must have been lost in thoughts of his own, because that startled him. He reached for me across the table, touching my hand. "Dawn, Are you all right?"
So many things that had been just out of my reach came into focus.
"You're my Shawn."
Shawn was smiling. "Yes. I always have been. You see me now."
I nodded and realized I had tears running down my face. Shawn reached out again and put his whole hand around mine, engulfing it.”
― Dawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“Shawn, I love you." His mouth fell open a little bit. He said,"I will never leave you unless you send me away."
"Why would I want to do that? The best part of my life has been when I'm with you. I love you and I want you with me, always."
"I love you too, Dawn. I just want you to know what I have always known: I will never leave you unless you send me away. We've both had so many losses in our lives, I want to be there to be one thing that you know you can count on, and that's me.”
― Dawn Inmon, Both Sides Now

“When life hands you the unthinkable you must find new ways to see.”
― Nancy Sharp , Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss and Bold Living