Beyond the Point Quotes

“Some wounds are invisible. It doesn't mean they're not real.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“I wanted perfection. But it turns out, here on earth, we don't get perfection; we get people.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“Maybe faith was having the humility to scream at God and the audacity to get up off the floor.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“Faith isn’t really faith until it’s beat up and put through a fire. When you’re crushed, you feel like you’re dying. But you’re actually coming to life. When you’re broken, that’s when the best of you comes out.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“She felt like a part of her body had been ripped off. The fact that everyone didn't stare seemed absolutely impossible. How could a loss that big be that invisible?”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“If you think you're important, if you feel that your life matters, all you need to do is spend some time in nature, Hannah thought. Stand before an ocean. Climb a mountain. Stare out over a canyon. Creation--wild and untamed--reminded her of her size in this universe. But feeling small did not send her into despair. She was like a child, trusting her Father when he said the storm would pass.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“People remember who showed up for the shitty moments far more than they remember who showed up for the party.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“Maybe that’s what made a memory powerful. Not that it happened once, but that it happened over and over again on the screen of your mind.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“Who do you call when your husband dies and you're twenty-four years old, alone in Afghanistan?
Who do you call when the only voice you want to hear no longer exists?”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“Love starts in the body. It starts with the tingling of toes and the rushing of blood and the lightness in the head. It feels a lot like pain, Hannah would realize later that week, as she and Tim shared slices of pizza in Grant Hall, and three weeks later, when they took a five-mile run together up Bear Mountain. There are convulsions, nausea, heartburn, and breathlessness. There is a physical ache you feel when you're falling in love. It's your heart making room for someone else, like a gardener is there, digging out a hole for a new plant. There is pain, and there is fear. The fear that the hole might stay forever.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“She wanted to stop time and hold on to all of the memories, because the greatest injustice was that those memories would fade into sepia tones. Her brain wouldn't remember what her heart had seen. Not perfectly. Not in full color. He was gone, and soon time would rob her of what little she had left.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“For so many years, she’d followed a prescription that she’d trusted would result in a beautiful life. Girls don’t fight back. They don’t get angry. They don’t demand things—especially not from men. They are loyal and faithful and quiet and trusting. But slowly, surely, all of those rules had unraveled. It was time to release. To let go. This was why she’d come here.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point

“A man earns a little money,” Jim continued, “he makes a few good decisions, and he kicks back, thinks he’s infallible. Like it’s going to come easy. When a woman gets some success, it’s never enough. She’s already looking for the next challenge. All I’m saying is if I see two equally qualified people, I’d choose the woman every time.”
― Claire Gibson, Beyond the Point