The One That Got Away Quotes

“Post-traumatic stress is a powerful force with the ability to change us. Even the strongest of us.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Last night, she’d looked like a million bucks. Tonight, she looked like fifty with change.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“People can’t function without forgiveness. It’s why the Catholics have confession and the Jews have Yom Kippur. You recognize your failings, and you move on.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“She checked herself in the mirror. She was a roadmap of violence.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Shame was one of those things that had to be excised like a cancer, but it was a hard thing to remove when it was wrapped around your heart.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Bums panhandled instead of getting a job. People dropped their trash on the sidewalk or tossed it from their car windows. All these actions said the same thing: my shit is more important than yours. The world was a self-centered place and he hated it for it.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“infallible.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“stooping”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“surmised”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“epithet,”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Retribution”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“from”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Moonlight shone through the window, cutting through the room at an angle.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Post-traumatic stress is a powerful force with the ability to change us.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“It’s those little things you can’t control that ruin everything.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Invariably, people encountered the police at the worst moments in their life. It made all the difference if the officer was viewed as someone who was there to help.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Does the woman in there have a scar like this?” Their stunned silence told them she did.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“To all the people who fought back.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“But there was something about walking”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“You can’t carry the blame for others or their future consequences. None of us can. That’s the road to self-destruction.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Society was supposed to be better than its criminals, never stooping to their level of depravity.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“thumb over his shoulder at the restaurant where Zoë and”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“The world was a self-centered place and he hated it for it. This attitude was the main reason the cats and dogs here at the shelter amazed him so much. They could be subjected to the worst of circumstances and yet give their love to the first person who showed it back. If people could learn that simple aspect, there might be a chance of saving this world.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“They could be subjected to the worst of circumstances and yet give their love to the first person who showed it back. If people could learn that simple aspect, there might be a chance of saving this world.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Maybe, but I’m illustrating that you are not responsible for the world’s ills. You can’t carry the blame for others or their future consequences. None of us can. That’s the road to self-destruction.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“you are not responsible for the world’s ills. You can’t carry the blame for others or their future consequences. None of us can. That’s the road to self-destruction.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“there was just herself to count on. That was a sad indictment of her life.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“People might deserve a derogatory epithet, but it showed the mudslinger in just as bad a light.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Money was the root of all evil and recklessness was the root of all PTSD.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away

“Don’t limit yourself. Think about a career that would give you pleasure or bring you satisfaction.”
― Simon Wood, The One That Got Away