Glad One Quotes

“I’m talking about our imperfections. Our quirks. They’re what make us real. They make us who we are. They’re like...the best part of us, Val. Without them, we’d be like...I dunno. Like generic zombies. Everybody the same.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“There ain’t no magic hocus pocus to it, kiddo. You just gotta remember that you decide how you feel about whatever’s happenin’ around you. You’re in complete control a your feelin’s. Don’t let nobody take your power, child.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“We create our own dad-gum prisons, Val,” she said. “But I’m here to tell you, we always got a-hold of the keys. We got the power to set ourselves free anytime. Anytime, I tell you. All you got to do is choose to feel good, no matter what kind a crap rolls your way.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“go along. He complained he’d gotten cheated by having to stay in the car the first time around. I didn’t know how to stop him. Besides, I figured it was better to appease the savage redneck now than forever listen to his whining about”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“Just remember, relationships don’t come with lifetime guarantees. You just have to enjoy the moments as they come. Accept what is. Be responsible for your own happiness. That way you always know where you stand.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“The secret to quirks is to own them, Val. Don’t fight them. Celebrate them! If you don’t, it’s kind of like...disowning part of yourself.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“The secret to quirks is to own them,”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“Redneck foreplay?” Tom said. “You’ve got my attention. What’s that?” I sidled up to Tom and poked him hard on the bicep with my index finger. “Hey. You awake?” Tom stared at me for a second. “That’s it?” “Exactly.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“Longing to return to a fairytale that never really existed is, I guess, the ultimate irony of family.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term

“You just gotta remember that you decide how you feel about whatever’s happenin’ around you. You’re in complete control a your feelin’s. Don’t let nobody take your power, child.”
― Margaret Lashley, Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term