The Waiting Room Quotes

“Remembering would never stop hurting, but it would never stop filling her up either.”
― Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room

“You eventually learn to live with the pain. That’s what grief is—living with pain. Time doesn’t heal all wounds; it just builds up your resistance.”
― Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room

“Pains and struggles are not comparable. I don't have some kind of measuring stick I take out when you leave to see who has the most heartbreaking story. You get to feel what you feel, Veronica. And then we work on what we can control.”
― Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room

“I guess sometimes you run away from the flames, and other times" --- he looked back down at Veronica and into her eyes, his hand leaving her back, making her shiver --- "you stay and help put out the fire.”
― Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room

“You'll eventually learn to live with the pain. That's what grief is ---living with pain. Time doesn't heal all wounds; it just builds up your resistance".”
― Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room

“For some reason she couldn’t seem to grasp that depression wasn’t something you just snapped out of.”
― Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room

“That was the thing about the demons inside: They were hard to see and even harder to escape.”
― Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room