Half a Heart Quotes

“There was something about facing an impossible task, breaking it down into small parts, and getting the job done that she found immensely satisfying.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“You noticed a child all alone and dressed like a vagrant, and yet you did nothing,”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“There were so many good people in the world, but it always seemed like there were more bad people because they made more noise.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“If he’s not someone you’d want as a friend, he probably isn’t someone you’d want as a partner”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“Sometimes when you think you’re falling in love with someone, you’re really falling in love with the way they make you feel,”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“If you’re wondering why we all look so different, it’s because most of us are linked by love rather than blood.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“The idea of starting over wasn’t as scary as going back to his father’s rage.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“This lady reminded him of his grandmother. Maybe all grandmothers were the same—old and kind and good at making food.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“lazy way of speaking, that an”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“Did they think she enjoyed worrying—the endless ruminating over what could go wrong, the fear that someone would get hurt or die, the knot of anxiety over the thought of bad things happening that she might have been able to prevent?”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“His father’s face reddened as he lunged right at him. Then the hitting began, rapid slaps raining down on his head. Logan held up his arms to shield himself from the blows, infuriating his father even more.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“all sweetness and light to the parents, but vile to him: pinching and poking, taking his things, mocking him when they weren’t looking.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“strong it could cut a house in half, but Grandma Nan”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“If he’s not someone you’d want as a friend, he probably isn’t someone you’d want as a partner.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“Logan took off running, not toward the gas station mini-mart, but down the road, away from the two men. They clearly weren’t going to hurt him, but that didn’t matter. He was afraid in general—fear-filled at having gotten himself into this predicament, so far from home and unable to communicate. A frantic knot gnawed at his stomach, the feeling that now”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“Grief is one of those emotions that hangs on, popping up when you don’t expect it. All we can do is keep going and cherish the ones we love, like I cherish you.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“You can’t have half a child. You’re either in or you’re out.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“He knew lots of things—not that it helped, because the things that made him stupid at home weren’t things anyone could learn.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“My son,” like he couldn’t believe his good luck. He’d loved Logan then, hadn’t he? Or did he just love the idea of a son?”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“His father, Tia, Tia’s mother—none of them would miss him, and he would not miss them either. Or at least he wouldn’t miss the kind of life he led when he was with them.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart

“He’d never seen his father so angry, and that was saying a lot, because he’d seen him plenty mad the last few years.”
― Karen McQuestion, Half a Heart