If the Shoe Fits Quotes

“Choose what makes you happy. Things, places, people. Only choose the ones that bring that delight to you. Don’t be a hostage to duty or obligation. I didn’t carry you and birth you and raise you to waste your precious life on anything except unbridled joy. Choose joy.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Don't you see how belittling this is! I'm not brave for wearing a dress. I'm just living!”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Being brave is one of my biggest pet peeves. When someone calls me brave for going out or wearing a fitted dress or for some other normal thing that every other girl does, what is it really means is: I would be mortified to look like you, but good for you for merely existing even if all I can think about is how fat you are & how I'm terrified I'll one day look like you. SO BRAVE.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Actually," Stacy says, "Stanley Tucci is everyone's type.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“I think fairy tales might be more like cautionary tales than anything else. And fate is just an excuse for people to be inactive participants in their own lives.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“I promise I only have the normally allotted amount of mommy issues.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Use it,” he says. “Whatever it is that had you hung up. An ex, a death, or just plain old depression. The best part about crossing any bridge is the chance to look back and be able to fully understand where you came from. You’re not a machine. You’re not a computer. You’re an artist, and any good artist knows life feeds into art and art feeds into life.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“When Addison saw me, she actually laughed and said, "You're just so quirky. Like a cute little librarian."
She meant it as a diss, but news flash, Addison: Librarians are hot.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Admittedly, as a librarian I find concierge back channels deeply sexy.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Just playing by the rules. Moo, bitch. Moo.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“And there it is. I fell in love. I’m in love with Henry Mackenzie. I always assumed I would have a difficult time knowing if I was in love. What if I didn’t recognize the signs? Or what if it wasn’t as intoxicating as the whole world has built it up to be? But, for me, it feels very simple. It’s the kind of thing I know with just as much assurance as my birthday. It’s not something I feel lost in or confused by. It’s a truth, and some truths hurt more than others.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“You're like an antidepressant in human form," I tell her.
"I guess it's just the librarian in my taking over. When I'm not at the reference desk answering the same questions over and over again, I'm dreaming up the cheapest programs I can come up with for my kiddos."
"Do you miss them?" I ask.
"I do," she says slowly. "But I don't miss all the bullshit red tape I have to deal with. I just wish I had enough resources to do good by them, but I feel like I'm just writing grants to keep my head above water."
"Have you thought what you'd do with the prize money?" I ask.
She peers at me. "Pay off my student loans. Buy my library kids some great stuff we could use like iPads and design programs and as many new books as their hearts desire. What about you?”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“fate is just an excuse for people to be inactive participants in their own lives.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Sometimes you just have to take whatever step you can and hope it leads you in the right direction.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“the future isn’t exclusive, it’s inclusive”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“He’s dead to me,” Drew says, like a switch has flipped in her brain. “Scorched earth. Dead to me.” Anna nods. “His pulse is nonexistent. The doctor is pronouncing the time of death as now o’clock. They’re calling the morgue. He’s dead.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“When someone calls me brave for going out or wearing a fitted dress or for some other normal thing that every other girl does, what it really means is: I would be mortified to look like you, but good for you for merely existing even if all I can think about is how fat you are and how I’m terrified I’ll one day look like you. So brave.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“If the shoe fits,’ he whispers.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“You're like an anti-depressant in human form.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“The best part about crossing any bridge is the chance to look back and be able to fully understand where you came from. You’re not a machine. You’re not a computer. You’re an artist, and any good artist knows life feeds into art and art feeds into life.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Don’t be a hostage to duty or obligation. I didn’t carry you and birth you and raise you to waste your precious life on anything except unbridled joy. Choose joy.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“queer people deserve to have their bad romantic decisions documented for the whole country to consume, too.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Don’t you see how belittling this is! I’m not brave for wearing a dress. I’m just living!”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“I don’t believe in fate. I can’t. I refuse to believe that first Mom and then Dad dying was part of some grand scheme. If that’s true, whatever’s at the end of my rainbow isn’t worth what it will have cost me.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“the family you choose is just as meaningful as the one you’re born with.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Are you one of those people who looks at people sitting on the same side of the booth together and thinks they’re ridiculous? Or are you pro-same-side-of-the-booth?”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Shoes, of course. A very memorable pair of shoes.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Anything can have a purpose. Anything can have a meaning if you make the choice to give it one.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“Cindy, being with you makes me feel like I can come up for air.”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits

“My pulse quickens the closer I get to him, and I wonder if he feels it too—”
― Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits