I Wanted You To Know Quotes

“It was winter, but not the good part when Christmas is coming and everyone is feeling festive and throwing parties and eating too much. It was January, the bleakest month, when no one has any money and spring seems a long way away.”
― Laura Pearson, I Wanted You To Know

“You grow up thinking that what goes on in your family is absolutely normal, and then you look at it from a bit of a distance once you’re older and understand a bit more about family dynamics, and you realise that some of the things you learned weren’t quite right.”
― Laura Pearson, I Wanted You To Know

“If there’s a lesson in this, I’m not sure what it is. Something about keeping hold of the people you love, not letting fear or jealousy or anger rip you apart. Not wasting time apart when you could be together, because you never know what’s coming, or how much time you have left.”
― Laura Pearson, I Wanted You To Know

“I wanted you to know that friends are everything. It’s truly magical, to love someone like that, and be loved right back. You’ll know it when you see it, Edie. And when you do, cling on.”
― Laura Pearson, I Wanted You To Know

“I hope you laugh that way, the way that sort of hurts and that makes you cry and that you think will never stop. I don’t know whether everyone does. Growing up is complicated, and girls can be mean and difficult. Find the right ones and hold tight to them. They’ll be worth it.”
― Laura Pearson, I Wanted You To Know

“Here’s my advice to you, for what it’s worth. Don’t give your heart too easily, but don’t be too scared to give it at all. Don’t feel you have to marry the first person you love. Do take good care choosing your friends, and be loyal to them, and work at those relationships too. No one ever tells you about the work a friendship takes. If you are able to, and you want to, have children. You have been my greatest joy, and I want you to know that kind of happiness and pride. Choose your career carefully; I hope you’ll do it for a long time. Think about what you’re good at, and what you love doing, and forge a path that incorporates both of those things. Stick with anything you enjoy and are good at, whether it’s a sport or a musical instrument or a hobby or a school subject. I thought only school subjects were important, but I was wrong. It’s good to have a wide range of skills, to be great at all kinds of things. You never know where one of those things might take you. Take your health seriously; understand your own importance. Check your breasts, go for your smear tests, get things you’re not sure about checked out. Don’t sit out in the sun all day long, even if you rarely burn. When you are young, it doesn’t seem like anything will catch you out. But I’m the proof that things can. Your body is worth looking after. I won’t tell you not to drink or smoke or take drugs; I know it’s unrealistic to expect you to be sensible enough to avoid those things. And perhaps you shouldn’t. Perhaps you have to push things to the edge to understand where the edges are and come back from them. Take care of your mind, too. You’ve got a lot to deal with as a child, having lost your mother. Take time to grieve and talk to someone if you feel lost. It’s”
― Laura Pearson, I Wanted You To Know