The Restoration of Celia Fairchild Quotes

“If God wants you to be somewhere or do something, He'll supply everything you need at the moment you need it. And not one moment before. Never forget, Celia, God is in the business of Just In Time inventory.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Caroline leaned over and whispered into Happy’s ear. “What was her major again? World Domination?” “With a minor in Intimidation,” Happy muttered. “I fully expect her to be named dictator of a medium-sized country before she’s thirty.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Old friends remind us of who we were and what we’ve become. New friends hint at who we could be and inspire us to move forward. We need both, the new and old, the grounding of the past and hope for the future, because life is terrible and wonderful all at once, and too hard to face alone.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Everybody gets to choose their own brand of heartbreak.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“I don't understand how somebody who has such good insights into other people can be so incredibly clueless about herself.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“If God wants you to be somewhere or do something, He'll supply everything you need at the moment you need it, and not one moment before. Never forget, Celia, God is in the business of Just-in-Time Inventory.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Pris, something I wish I learned a lot earlier in life is that it's not my job to ask forgiveness for other people's bad behavior.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Sometimes the only thing that makes life bearable is not having to bear it alone.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Feeling like the only untethered person in town resurrected that sole-castaway-on-an-overpopulated-island sensation I'd experienced during my first months in New York. But this was worse. It's one thing to feel all alone when you're in a new city and another to feel that way in the place where you grew up. Every building, monument, bush, and tree was familiar as my own reflection, but the city had forgotten me. I felt almost spectral, like a ghost who could see others but couldn't be seen herself.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Don't get me wrong; it's not that I am anti-dog. Dogs are cute, from a distance. And I can understand why some people might want one. I've never been one of those people. Dogs are slobbery and invasive and a little rude, sticking their noses into places they have no business being. They're also super needy. I once heard a comedian say that getting a dog is like having someone move in with you who's been through a lot lately and needs to talk about it.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“If a kid has at least one person who they know is crazy about them, they usually turn out okay.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“I'm not always good at spotting holes before falling into them, but thanks to Calpurnia, I can usually find a way to climb out.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“That's terrible. Really, sugar, simply awful. You've got every reason to be upset...Now what are you going to do?”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“Being well-known to a lot of people who admire the person they think you are, the role you play, isn't the same as being important to a few people who truly know you and love you anyway, even if you're not perfect, or don't have all the answers, or do as you do instead of as you say. That's what family is: the people who love you anyway. That's what I long for. Is that so terrible?”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“...love is maybe the most overused word in the English language, the second most overused being hate.”
― Marie Bostwick, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild