What Remains True Quotes

“You need to keep those memories close; you need to celebrate the child who saved spiders and made keen observations and had a great sense of humor.” “It hurts to remember him that way, knowing he’s gone.” “But those things you cherish about him are the things that will pull you through your grief.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“happiness was not some elusive force that only showered down upon the deserving, but a choice we all make despite the fact that life is hard.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“Life itself is a series of losses, is it not? In this world, happiness and fulfillment are products of successfully dealing with our losses.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“In this world, happiness and fulfillment are products of successfully dealing with our losses.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“Suddenly, they were all able to let go of their guilt and allow for the fact that bad things happen to good people, to good children, and more often than not, no one is to blame.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“loss. Life itself is a series of losses, is it not? In this world, happiness and fulfillment are products of successfully dealing with our losses.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“I let my roots grow out and I forget to pluck my brows, and I wear comfortable clothing as opposed to stylish and flirty. Because I haven’t been interested in drawing attention to myself, especially from members of the opposite sex. But I’ve always known, at some point, that would change. Hoped, anyway. Hoped there would come a time when my grief over Charlie would reduce itself to a more manageable emotion, and I would get past my persecution of the entire male population if only to have the companionship and comfort that all human beings crave. To stave off the ever-present loneliness. It hasn’t happened yet, but I still cling to the idea, in the deepest corner of my heart where no one else can see it.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“I know she’s a cat, and cats aren’t like people, but Gigi looks like she’s grinning or something, like she knows she did a bad thing but she’s happy about”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“Marriage tears off the rose-colored glasses and forces us to look at each other for who we are rather than who we want each other to be.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“She still locks herself away in her apartment night after night, never goes out with friends, and she still hates all men on the face of the planet,”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“What’s that line from The Matrix? It’s the not knowing that drives you mad.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“I ease myself closer to him, but the closer I get, the less I see him. As though he is an optical illusion, smoke and mirrors, only the smoke is my pills and the mirrors are my desperation.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“you can’t miss something you can’t remember, and if you don’t miss it, you won’t be sad.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“I hate him because I never trusted men, never opened myself up to them, always assumed the worst about them. Until Charlie. He came along and changed my mind, and I was happy, happier than I ever thought I could be, until he changed my mind back, irrevocably. And there will never be another Charlie, and possibly there will never be another man. I hate him because he doesn’t need me anymore.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“Divorce is not just about the separation of two individuals. It’s the separation of families. A drawing of lines, never to be crossed. My family is now solely mine. Your family is yours. His family is his.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“In this technological age, I was surprised that he had taken the time to write to me longhand instead of just sending me an e-mail or composing the note in a word-processing program and printing it up. He’d grinned and told me he was old-fashioned, that printouts and e-mails seemed so impersonal. Handwritten notes were the only way he communicated with people he cared about. I remember how my face grew warm at his words as I realized that he was talking about me. He cared about me.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“In the corner of the room sits a small round table with a single chair shoved beneath. I rarely eat at the table. Its diminutive size and the lone chair remind me of my solitary existence. Mostly I take my meals on the couch with my constant companion, the television.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“I’m in bed at six o’clock on a Monday evening. Or is it Tuesday? I’m not really sure, but then, it doesn’t really matter what day it is. Every day is the same. Every day is the same. Misery and pills and tears and screaming, and feeling like I’m missing a limb or a vital organ, some part of me that makes me whole, but it’s not a limb or an organ,”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“But I don’t trust him. He is still a man, and men are incapable of maintaining any of their good qualities for very long. I should know.”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

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― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

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― Janis Thomas, What Remains True

“And she let me put ketchup on it, too,”
― Janis Thomas, What Remains True