The Sunshine Sisters Quotes

“It doesn't matter how many years go by, how grown-up we think we are, how much we presume we have changed or evolved, when we are back in our childhood homes, we become exactly who we have always been.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Love is love, Nell, in whatever form or shape it comes and those of us who have found it must not let anything get in the way.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“You were so talented,” her mother says, smiling. “It is such a pity you didn’t pursue that. Don’t marry someone because you think you need a partner. And don’t marry someone who tries to mold you into what he wants his wife to be. You’re better than that. Marry, if you do at all, only someone who loves you just the way you are. Because you are precious. There. I’ve said my piece. Are you still talking to me?” Meredith”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“All those years of beauty, of a wonderful figure, and all I could think was that I was never pretty enough, never slim enough, never quite good enough. What I would give to have those years back, to appreciate them more, to appreciate the life I had while I was living it.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, we will get what we have always got, and that isn’t enough. I want something different for my life.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“She is too old to share her space with people she does not know, too set in her ways to share her space even with people she does.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“All those years when Ronni thought she was sick, all those years convinced that every mole was melanoma, every cough was lung cancer, every case of heartburn was an oncoming heart attack, after all those years, when the gods finally stopped taking care of her she wasn't scared. What a pity, she thought after the doctor first diagnosed her. Then, when she refused to believe it, after the second, and the third, agreed, she thought again, what a pity I wasted all those years worrying about the worst. Somehow now that the worst was upon her, it was peaceful, calming, as if this was what she had always been waiting for. Now that it was here, it wasn't scary at all.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“I don't think it matters who you love, just as long as you love. Who cares whether it's a man or a woman? Why does that have anything more to do with the person inside than the color of someone's skin? Personally, I'm pretty fucking disappointed that I seem to be one hundred percent heterosexual.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“What he didn’t do was control me, or try to mold me into a little wife, some old-fashioned, muted version of who I was. I saw many men do that to many women I knew. They would choose these vibrant, talented, beautiful women, and suck the life and passion and beauty out of them by bullying them into submission.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Perhaps that’s all he is, a distraction from thinking about, or dealing with, the things in her life that are so painful, that fill her with a sadness so great, it is easier to focus on what feels suspiciously like a schoolgirl crush.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“And it was something more. It felt like coming home.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Don’t settle. Don’t ever settle.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Haven’t you ever heard that it’s almost always easier to reveal your innermost secrets to a stranger?”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Because you can handle it. You’ve always been the strong one. I’m sorry I’ve always been so tough on you.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“But fine was not what she wanted. Was that too much to ask? That she should feel something?”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“I deserve to be appreciated. I deserve to know what it is to feel this again.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“For years she has watched passion in other people’s relationships dissolve over time. Sometimes it dissolves to nothing, but sometimes it is worse. It becomes resentment and rage, loneliness and fear.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“She remembers telling her best friend that she was never going to have children. She told anyone who would listen she would never have children. She learned to keep quiet and not say anything at all.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“It doesn’t occur to anyone that she might be relieved the baby factory is almost closed, that there is a reason she smiles and changes the subject whenever it comes up.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Obviously, you’re my sister and I don’t want to hear you’re in pain. And the food thing isn’t the solution, as you know.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“If Meredith tries contradicting him, he laughs indulgently and pets her, stroking her arm or cheek as if she is a mischievous cat.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Allowing ourselves to show our vulnerability is how we make human connections. If we’re not showing other people our true selves, our weaknesses and flaws, how can we ever allow ourselves to be known?” “I’m not sure I’ve ever wanted to be known.” “Then you’re missing out on ninety percent of what this life has to offer.” Greta shrugs lightly. “Being known is about connecting with people. I believe we’re put on this earth to connect. Without it, life would be terribly lonely.”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“Allowing ourselves to show our vulnerability is how we make human connections. If we’re not showing other people our true selves, our weaknesses and flaws, how can we ever allow ourselves to be known?”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“It doesn’t matter how many years go by, how grown-up we think we are, how much we presume we have changed or evolved, when we are back in our childhood homes, we become exactly who we have always been,”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters

“You hate your job. Oh, come on, don’t even. You hate your job and you just told a partner you’re handing in your written notice. The world is your oyster, Meredith. Now you just have to figure out what you want to do. How do you feel? Be honest. How does it feel to walk away from two giant parts of your life that were making you miserable?”
― Jane Green, The Sunshine Sisters