Promises I Made Quotes

“Books never lied to me, never betrayed me, never left me alone and wondering what was wrong with me.”
― Michelle Zink, Promises I Made

“maybe home wasn’t a place you knew, but a place where you were always welcome.”
― Michelle Zink, Promises I Made

“I always feel like something good comes out of everything, even the shitty stuff. Maybe it’s because I believe in some kind of underlying order to chaos. Either that or I’m just naive.”
― Michelle Zink, Promises I Made

“Don’t let the past dictate the way you live from here on out. There’s no limit to how many times you can reinvent yourself you know.”
― Michelle Zink, Promises I Made

“Most of the time when people ask you to explain yourself, they don’t really want to hear the answer. What they really want is to hear something that justifies their currently held opinion.”
― Michelle Zink, Promises I Made

“Things weren’t always okay just because someone said they would be. Sometimes everything unraveled despite everyone’s best efforts. Despite my own. Then again, sometimes you didn’t have a choice except to believe. Sometimes not believing would open up a well of despair so deep and so dark that you might never find your way back from it. “Come on,” Scotty said, holding out a hand.”
― Michelle Zink, Promises I Made

“I didn't know what to say. It wasn't just the journal that choked me up--- it was permission to leave proof that I was real.”
― Michelle Zink, Promises I Made