Send for Me Quotes

“I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do...”
― Lauren Fox, Send for Me

“Years later, admiring his dark-haired daughter, the light of his life, in the city he wouldn’t have been able to find on a map back when he lived in Germany, he understood that even pain could bring joy. It wasn’t a trade-off, and it didn’t give him comfort; it was just something true.”
― Lauren Fox, Send for Me

“Crisis brought out the best in people, or the very worst. But daily life, with its accidental farts and blood on the sheets, armpits and burned roasts, exposed you to the truth: an inflexible heart or an expansive one, contempt or compassion.”
― Lauren Fox, Send For Me

“A moment of connection was compensation for the repetitive job of being alive.”
― Lauren Fox, Send for Me

“A mother teaches her daughter to perpetuate the tedious rituals of her own imperfect life. And by instilling in her child the virtues of order, she shows her how to keep the chaos at bay.”
― Lauren Fox, Send for Me

“She went out for dinner with the guy who fixed her computer. All evening long, she couldn't remember his name. But he smiled sweetly as he explained motherboards to her and asked her about her life. Adam, Brian, Chad. "I might go back for my master's," she said. David, Ethan, Fred? "But I'm not sure I'm really passionate about anything.”
― Lauren Fox, Send for Me