Knit Two Quotes

“Seeing a patter doesn't mean you know how to put it all together. Take baby steps: don't focus on the folks whose skills are far beyond your own. When you're new to something-or you haven't tried it in a while-it can feel impossibly hard to get it right. Every misstep feels like a reason to quit. You envy everyone else who seems to know what they're doing. What keeps you going? The belief that one day you'll also be like that: Elegant. Capable. Confident. Experienced. And you can be. All you need now is enthusiasm. A little bravery. And-always-a sense of humor.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two

“It's all about getting the hand of things. Easy does it; take it easy. You'll figure everything out in time. But for right now, just keep trying. Pay attention and avoid the temptation to go further than you're ready. Talk less. And listen more.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two

“It's easy to look back and think how we could make only the good things happen to us,' counseled Catherine, still swishing her mop to and fro, spreading dirty water instead of soaking it up. 'But that's not how we become ourselves. You are mad who you are by the bad stuff, the little things, as much as the great triumphs and big decisions.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two

“A great measure of a man is how he reacts to a midnight awakening when there's no fire or burglar in sight.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two

“You are made who you are by the bad stuff, the little things, as much as the great triumphs and big decisions.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two

“Though it was too late to lobby for a spot as a vestal virgin.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two

“The very word-sister-implied a closeness, an unshakable connection. Was that true? Just because you share parents, by blood or by marriage, doesn't mean your personalities will be complementary. That you'll enjoy the same activities. Share the same politics. The easier thing with relatives...was to be familiar strangers. To know one another's moods just by a look, to accept all the tiny peculiarities that make up a person's habits, and yet with all this secret knowledge to manage never to ask each other about hopes and dreams. To assume the very fact of being siblings negated the need to become true friends.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two

“Life is just a process to figure out who we are.”
― Kate Jacobs, Knit Two