Take What You Can Quotes

“Every relationship has its own gravity. Like the moon and the sea. There should be a balance. Push and pull, but not too much.”
― Naima Coster , Take What You Can

“Everyone wants to feel like the most important person in the world to someone else.”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can

“Maybe that was what she needed to learn - to say no, even when someone wanted her to say yes. Maybe that was why they had chosen her - she would go along with most anything. She didn't have it in her to choose herself.”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can

“I believed once my mother was all I needed to survive. I was wrong. You can go on living after your mother has died, but it is to be without a friend in the world.”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can

“You can never know what's between two people. Lovers have their own secret universe, and no one can see inside.”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can

“She had heard mothers complaining about the relentlessness of their lives and assumed she would be spared. She had been wrong. No mother could raise children without forfeiting her own life.”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can

“How about this?” Cleo said. “You’re a miserable bitch”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“an amusement for people who can’t bear living in their own lives”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“Stop it”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“Val told him he was living as if his life hadn’t changed and he didn’t have a baby”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“It was easy to pass off money as superfluous”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“don’t invest in yourself—” Val interrupted. “Milly”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“For what? For saying you’re depressed?” “You see me as a burden.” “Isn’t it a burden to be depressed?”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“What I mean is you’ve got to be elastic in this life. You’ve got to bend and not break. If you don’t”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“We do have a lot of help. We’re very fortunate. But we also planned and budgeted. I made sure I’d have all the things I’d need.” “Not everything comes down to a plan and a budget”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“Well”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“Better for whom?” Val said. “It’s already gotten better for you”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“Isn’t this a good thing? We’re out of the house. We’re in Brooklyn. It’s a beautiful night”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“What does that even mean?” It was wellness speech”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“Helene was rich”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone

“Yes”
― Naima Coster, Take What You Can: The GMA Book Club pick about complex female friendships you'll want to discuss with everyone