Perfection Quotes

“She was my friend and I loved her and relied on her, even though there were days when her moodiness and fragility frightened me, because they reminded me of my own tenuous grasp on life.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“At some point, I had to start laughing, because I was all wrung out from crying.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“Relax. You are beautiful, and everyone wants some of that beauty.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“Forgiveness is a wonderful thing, the only truth that saves us from eating ourselves alive and causing damage to everyone we love. I continue to work on forgiveness. I do, not, however wish to forget any of this.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“Hypocrisy has its own elegant symmetry.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“I learned that day that there is no more lonely state than being in a lonely marriage.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“I had hoped that the rest of the world would stand still while I got myself together again, but Chaos and Tragedy had marched into other lives close to mine as well.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“She was so like a sister that I forgot we'd chosen each other as friends.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“Forgiveness is a wonderful thing, the only truth that saves us from eating ourselves alive and causing damage to everyone we love.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

“I am no fan of plane travel. I have always been too skeptical of the physics of the phenomenon to ever be truly comfortable in an airplane.”
― Julie Metz, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal