Little Do We Know Quotes

“You do realize the message of this play, right?" Tyler asked.
"Sure." My arm was still over my eyes. "It's about life on a farm and falling in love and watching the people you love die. So, you know, that's awesome."
He ignored the sarcasm. "It's about being alive. About noticing all the little things, because no one ever knows if it's the last time they'll see them.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“Telling someone with OCD to stop obsessing about something is like telling someone who's having an asthma attack to just breathe normally.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“I think the world would be a better place if people stopped every once in a while and questioned everything they thought they knew.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“[Life] was about finding your own truth and letting everyone else find theirs. It was about being in the world without hating and judging, just being and letting everyone else be, too.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“She always used to say I made her brave, but she makes me smart.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“It reminded me of our summer plans. Our road trip. Our pact not to think about the end so we wouldn’t miss out on the present.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“Dad's heart was in the right place, but it bugged me when he talked about Covenant like that, as if he'd singlehandedly created this perfect teenage utopia where everyone got along, talked openly about feelings, and never said or did anything to hurt anyone. Nice visual, but it wasn't true. We judged each other; we just did it more subtly and about different things, like who was the better Christian.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“Each choice, good and bad, branched out and created a new path, and on and on, piecing itself together along the way, with no real vision for how it would all come together in the end. God wasn’t in control. None of us were really in control either.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“It all felt very Zen. Like meditation, it was all about being present in the moment and appreciating everything about it, the good, the bad, the everything. It was about finding your own truth and letting everyone else find theirs. It was about being in the world without hating and judging, just being and letting everyone else be, too.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“didn’t need to know what happened when our time on earth came to an end. I just wanted to be here, soaking it in, squeezing every drop out of my life. Appreciating little things, like chocolate chip cheesecake and Christmas ornaments and patches of grass and best friends. Sleeping and waking up.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“I turned the ringer off and got back into position. Legs folded. Spine straight. Hands resting comfortably on thighs. Chin tucked. Eyes closed. Breathing in. Breathing out. Breathing in. Breathing out. Watching thoughts drift in. Feeling frustrated when I couldn’t get them to drift back out.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“Get rid of any distractions. Silence your phone. Close your door. Set a timer and be sure nothing comes in between you and these ten minutes.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“My family loved me. Emory loved me. They were the reason I stayed, the reason I fought, and they were worth every second of pain I had to endure.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“We’d say things like, “You know you can tell me anything, right?” and we meant it deep in our souls. But no matter how long two people have known each other, or how many times they’ve said those words, there are still some things you think but should never say to your best friend.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“I can't imagine what my senior year would have been like without you.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“Not like she does.' I shook my head slowly. 'No one loves me like she does.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know

“As angry as I was at Hannah, if I were leaving this Earth forever, I'd want to say goodbye to her.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Little Do We Know