Emily, Gone Quotes

“It's funny how thinking of somebody other than yourself can help your heart to heal.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, Emily, Gone

“No matter how good or bad yesterday was, once it’s gone, it’s gone.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, Emily, Gone

“It's better to know it up front. Backtracking a road that you should never have traveled can be mighty painful.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, Emily, Gone

“That's the thing about babies, ' she said. 'They're not something you can hold on to forever. You get to enjoy them for a while, but in time they grow up and branch out to start having a life of their own.'

'Good grief, that's so sad.'

'No, its not,' Mama Dixon argued. 'It's the way of life. The sooner a woman realizes it, the happier she'll be.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, Emily, Gone

“The stories she told were part truth and part lie, woven together so seamlessly there was no way of telling one from the other.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, Emily, Gone

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
― Bette Lee Crosby, Emily, Gone