The Start of Something Quotes

“Maybe being scared isn’t always a bad thing. I’ve thought a lot about that today. I used to be able to channel fear into action. People assume that, being a serving soldier, I was never scared, that I’d had that impulse pummelled out of me by my army years. But the truth is, you just learn which box to shove it in to deal with later. Except the boxes get stacked on top of each other, towering cardboard skyscrapers in the dusty recesses of your mind. And you never deal with them at all because where would you even start?”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“Life isn’t perfect, is it? You’d be nuts to think it should be. It’s messy and frustrating, beautiful and unjust.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“every day, I look for something positive. Some days I can only find the smallesr thing - like thar pebble. So I hang onto it. Carry it with me. See it as a promise of bigger treasure up ahead.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“One tiny point of human contact lost the moment you're on your own.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“I can't remember the last time anyone asked me how my day was. It's such a simple question, but when nobody ever asks itm it becomes a gift.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“Throw the flowers at her and run?”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“The most important words you’ll ever say to someone are the last ones you voice before you leave the room.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something