Before I Knew Quotes

“That’s how marriage works. How love works. You have to forgive. You have to remember that it isn’t always easy. And you have to fight for love, too.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Blame. Such a useless word. People flung it around when they were mad or hurt. Or they carried it like a cross until it destroyed any chance at redemption or happiness. Blame never solved one problem or changed a single outcome. A pointless, unproductive, ultimately destructive concept, really.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Stop living in the past and dwelling on mistakes. We’ve all made them. And now we’re all trying to heal. It’ll take a lot of patience and compassion, but we’ll get there. Don’t let history define your future. Think about your priorities. What, or who, is most important to you? Answer that question and then make a plan.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“How love works. You have to forgive. You have to remember that it isn’t always easy. And you have to fight for love, too.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“We women—our skin may be softer, but it’s much thicker. Fairer sex, my ass. We can shoulder far more pain and disappointment than men,”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“misted again, like the dew-covered earth, as her throat tightened. Mark’s movement”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Heavy silence, the kind weighted down by unspoken judgment, consumed the car. In the trees near the church, she noticed a black-headed grosbeak eating from a bird feeder, acting as if the world hadn’t been indelibly altered.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Alec enjoyed that childhood memory. Her committee had raised enough money to stock the school computer lab with new Apple computers. He still remembered the pride he’d felt when other kids were dazzled by the extravagant equipment.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

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― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into better shape. —Charles Dickens”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Youthful ideals are easy to believe until you’re faced with tough choices involving love, disappointment, and commitment.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into better shape.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Bloom’ by the Paper Kites.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“What, or who, is most important to you? Answer that question and then make a plan.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Stop living in the past and dwelling on mistakes. We’ve all made them. And now we’re all trying to heal. It’ll take a lot of patience and compassion, but we’ll get there. Don’t let history define your future. Think about your priorities.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“real love is about focusing on what the person you love needs rather than what you need or want.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Indulgent compassion and bending to the will of another had nearly destroyed her.”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew