Hannah's Dream Quotes

“Why did we divorce? I guess you could say we had trouble synchronizing. You know that carnival ride where two cages swing in opposite directions, going higher and higher until they go over the top? That was us. We passed each other all the time, but we never actually stopped in the same place until it was time to get off the ride.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“They also learned that not everything broken could be fixed, and that not everything ruined could be thrown away. Sometimes the damaged things were all you had to work with.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“Well, yelling real loud, that's an important skill to have, too. You never know when you might walk right in front of a train and her yelling's all that stands between you and eternity. But for that yell, you'd be flat, and there's nothing worse than a flat boy, just kind of ruins the day for everyone.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“They also learned that not everything broken could be fixed, and that not everything ruined cold be thrown away. Sometimes the damaged things were all you had to work with.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“The best moment for a box of chocolates was before you bit into one. Once you knew it was coconut, the magic was over.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“I'll be singing hymns to the rafters, be praising His goodness so loud they're going to have to turn down the volume in Heaven.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“Harriet loved her new persona. As Maxine, she was courageous and accomplished, a woman of sophistication equally at home in Cannes or on the Indian subcontinent. As Maxine she didn't walk, she strode; she did not merely see, but beheld. The very air she breathed was bracing. Here was a conqueror of worlds.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“People can do all manner of stupid things. Doesn’t mean they’re bad people, necessarily.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“I don’t believe that we have any choice about our dreams. I believe they simply come to us, like head colds and bad habits.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“... so if you feel a little breeze or smell a donut smell sometimes, why, you know it's just my thoughts passing through.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“If the world is ever in the throes of Armageddon, it's the women who'll be left standing.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“You didn't know what good things were going to happen to you until you were right in the middle of them, so it was best to always be ready.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream

“Your lucky your brains didn't escape right out of there before you got it patched up. Brains like to go their own way sometimes.”
― Diane Hammond, Hannah's Dream