Something Like Family Quotes

“Forgiveness is like fresh mountain rain. It erodes away the sorrow and cleanses the land. Forgiving those we love is easy when we don’t base that decision on what they will or won’t do.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“You’re the one thing I did right in my life.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“you’re not coming back from this.” But she only smiled. “No matter what happens, my heart is right here with you. Never stop shining, Rave. You’re the one star that lights my world.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“One of the things I’ve learned on this journey is that you can’t live in the ‘what if’ world. There’s nothing but sorrow there. Your past has only the power you give it. Right now, I’m choosing to live in the moment, with one shoulder slanted toward the future. That’s”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“The measure of a mother’s sorrow was in direct relation to the sadness of her child.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“Rave, you don’t have to believe that your momma has changed in order to forgive her. Forgiving and forgetting aren’t the same. Forgiving her doesn’t mean that it all disappears. Fact is, you’ll still be angry with her, you’ll still be unwilling to trust. And that’s OK. Forgiveness is the first step. It’s not the whole thing.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“I’m saying that a man has to make a choice whether he can forgive or not. If he doesn’t, then that pain grows and sprouts roots, and one day it’ll take over, choking the life from him. Forgiveness is like fresh mountain rain. It erodes away the sorrow and cleanses the land. Forgiving those we love is easy when we don’t base that decision on what they will or won’t do.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“Memories, he’d learned, were the cornerstones of life. A person could survive almost anything if the memories they kept in their hearts were good. Sometimes memories were all you had.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“Rave used to think tears meant weakness. But they didn’t. They were a release, helping you let go of the should have been. Helping you process the what was. Each tear was a memorial. And once they were shed, the giver understood that life could be harsh, even cruel, but it didn’t have to break you. Rave wasn’t ashamed of tears. They were a badge that said you were strong enough to rise above your circumstances. He no longer associated them with weakness.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“Maybe that’s why he’d wanted Rave to forgive Sharon, his mother. But Rave was stubborn, too. And some people didn’t deserve forgiveness.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“Tuck hung up the phone and waited for Millie’s ghost to tell him he’d done the right thing.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family

“We don’t lose the ones we love, Tuck, we just don’t see them for a little while.”
― Heather Burch, Something Like Family