Anything You Do Say Quotes

“My entire life I’d been so bloody frightened of what everybody thought of me and my failed existence and yet, when I failed spectacularly – sank so much lower, so much worse than failing a degree – I realized the truth of it: nobody cares what you think as much as you do. Not even close.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“Maybe it really is simply about books, and the things they can do for people.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“Apricity. That’s what it’s called. A word Reuben taught me: the warmth of the sun in winter.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“It's so easy for false thoughts to pass through the net of your mind, not being caught, and to become truths.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“eyes are drawn to the side pocket where I saw her put my phone. I can see it poking out, on a bed of receipts and chewing-gum packets and a notebook. There’s”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“fear is the worst of all emotions. With sadness, you cry. With grief, you miss somebody. But fear. Fear gets under your skin. And you can do nothing but feel it. Worry about it.”
― Gillian McAllister, The Choice

“I realized the truth of it: nobody cares what you think as much as you do. Not even close.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“fear is the worst of all emotions. With sadness, you cry. With grief, you miss somebody. But fear. Fear gets under your skin. And you can do nothing but feel it.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“People matter. Not stances.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“My entire life I'd been so bloody frightened of what everybody thought of me and my failed existence and yet, when I failed spectacularly - sank so much lower than failing a degree - I realized the truth of it: nobody cares what you think as much as you do. Not even close.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“I am opening drawers and cupboards that i have already looked in, searching for something I am never going to find.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“It’s so easy for false thoughts to pass through the net of your mind, not being caught, and to become truths.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“He chooses, again and again, the right thing - even though it is hardly ever the easy thing.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“Pretend I never did it. Go back to Before, even though I know I can't.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“This is how our long chats begin. We once joked we should have an agenda, and now we kind of do: work, relationships, family. Then everything else. Whatever comes up. I let out a sigh, but it does nothing to dispel the knots that have appeared as soon as she mentions work. ‘I did a sudoku puzzle on my lunch break that was more stimulating than my entire day yesterday.’ I started work on the mobile library bus because I loved it so much as a child. I loved choosing a fat, new stack of books to read that week. I loved the nooks and crannies and finding my brother hiding in the thriller section. But, after six years in the job, that isn’t enough any more. ‘Mmm.’ She sucks in her bottom lip,”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say

“I am never sure about anything. It is easier to do nothing.”
― Gillian McAllister, Anything You Do Say