Dear Sweet Pea Quotes

“That’s because your parents can’t help you breathe if they can’t breathe for themselves. You understand?”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“Sometimes it's important to do things for the people you love even when those things don't make a lick of sense to you.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“...we don't like each other much, but we are cursed to love each other.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“Sometimes it's easy to forget that quiet moments mean just as much as the loud ones, because it's not always about moving. Sometimes it's about sitting perfectly and quietly still.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“none of us should waste any time waiting for happiness”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“Just the thought of Dad crying made me cry too”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“...maybe part of growing up means letting people and places change so you can find new ways to love them.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“...there's more to marriage than being a parent, and there is oh so much more to being a parent than being married.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“...sometimes the moments that shape us are a result of a little bit of mischief.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“Hey!” I tell him. “Desperate times called for desperate measures”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“I can’t imagine any version of Oscar I wouldn’t want in my life.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“Starting at a new school kind of stinks. Even if everyone is pretty cool. But it’s not the same. At my old school me and my friends started a club called Paranormal Appreciation Society. How could I ever find anything that cool again?”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“It’s like there’s a bright neon sign above my head with an arrow pointing right on me. Worst Daughter of the Year”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“I wish I could tell you that everything will be fine, but loving people is risky business. Things don’t always pan out how we think they should. But I gotta think that when the risk is worth it, it’s super worth it”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“Did you just take the newspaper into the bathroom?” she asks through the door.

I sit down on the edge of the tub. “Maybe?”

“You’re too young to be a middle-aged man”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“You’re too young to be a middle-aged man”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“how do you just turn it off? How do you just stop loving someone”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“For a moment, there’s nothing but silence. And it’s hard for me not to imagine Mom reaching over and taking Dad’s hand. I know everything has changed for them, but how do you just turn it off? How do you just stop loving someone? Mom and Dad weren’t just Mom and Dad. They were best friends too”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“Sorry, dude.”

“I’m not your dude!” shouts Ricky.

“Whatever, dude,” Greg shouts back”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“t’s not very easy to say no to fire-breathing mom dragons.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“If that sounds confusing to you, join the club”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea

“...good things are worth fighting for, but sometimes it's hard to remember why something was good to begin with.”
― Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea