Finding Billie Romano Quotes

“think all the songs and novels and movies are about men and women and their relationships, and they make out like they are so complicated, but that’s not true. Men and women are easy – you either love the guy or you don’t, he’s attracted to you or he isn’t. Simple. The most complicated relationship on earth is between a mother and daughter. That bond is filled with so much love, but also pressure and expectation and doubt and awkwardness.”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“I think we don’t regret much of what we do, unless it’s to hurt someone, but we often regret what we don’t do.”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“The mind is amazing. It can transport you out of yourself when the situation you’re in becomes intolerable.”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“Every single person you meet, no matter how together they look, is trying to manage their own problems, trying to be happy, and hopefully trying to not tear lumps out of anyone else as we do. Everyone has secrets, everyone has a past.”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“Adversity is what grows our character, not ease, Billie. I’m a complicated person, but I like who I am. And all of it – my personality, my beliefs, my values – was born out of hardship. People whose lives are too easy become vacuous – the world is full of them. People who care what the neighbours think, or who let petty jealousies rule their lives, they’ve had no real struggles. Surround yourself with people who haven’t had it easy”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“person’s character is grown by adversity, not by ease. It was a comforting thought, that there was a point to all the suffering, that she would be a better, kinder, more empathetic person because of it. Perhaps”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“Adversity is what grows our character, not ease, Billie. I’m a complicated person, but I like who I am. And all of it – my personality, my beliefs, my values – was born out of hardship. People whose lives are too easy become vacuous – the world is full of them. People who care what the neighbours think, or who let petty jealousies rule their lives, they’ve had no real struggles. Surround yourself with people who haven’t had it easy – they are much more interesting.”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“Her eyebrows looked unnaturally dark and a weird shape, and her teeth were ridiculously white. He suspected there was a lot of cosmetic investment in that face, but it had the effect of making her look odd. She also had that annoying upward inflection at the end of every sentence, popular among young people in America and increasingly with young Irish people too.”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano

“a person’s character is grown by adversity, not by ease.”
― Jean Grainger, Finding Billie Romano