A Very Typical Family Quotes

“funny how the smells of childhood cut through adulthood to remind you of how things used to be.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“You know what I mean, when someone makes you feel good about yourself simply by being them?”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“I am always amazed by how I hide what makes me happy from myself. I think I hide in my work and use it as a—a kind of shield.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“She looked back at the sea once more for good luck, noting the peace and strength of the powerful swells and the no-nonsense sideways pull of the riptide. The ocean was a study in unwavering strength and determination.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“it was hard to have perspective when you were in the middle of something your gut knew wasn’t right—and it was hard to accept that things weren’t going to turn out the way you wanted.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“We all have difficult choices in life,” he said. “It’s about finding what makes you truly happy and what propels you. What pushes you to fulfillment.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“luck that Lynn and Jake had been sentenced, but for her own sake, she should try not to dwell on That Night. He had told her, “I know it’s hard, kiddo. It’s never not gonna be hard. You make mistakes, and you move on, and you try better next time. That’s how you live.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“They rearranged their faces”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“But people changed. They grew up and dealt with difficult things, and it changed them.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“Jake and Lynn didn’t want to hear this back then,” he said, “but you three are my kids, and that’s no disrespect to your dad. Your mom’s pain was my pain, and I was glad to carry it, because it meant I could support her. I admit I came into it without knowing what the heck I was doing. Your brother and sister battled me and punished me for it. And to that I say, fair enough. But kiddo, it is a pleasure having you in my life.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“Public speaking was a little like what she imagined a swim through piranha-infested waters would be like: scary, unnecessary, and possibly fatal. I”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“It was funny how the smells of childhood cut through adulthood to remind you of how things used to be.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“don’t like to embalm. There’s no need to preserve bodies or make them lifelike or slap makeup on them. And it’s so awful, too, what we have to do in order to make people look like they’re merely sleeping. Like the staples—”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“She was. The book said she helped clean the body up and brush her hair every day. And then—” “How can there be an ‘and then’?” “Juan and Isabel kept her in their dining room for a few years. People could come over for dinner parties and, you know, there she’d be.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family

“I was going to give him my virginity that night, as though he deserved it or something. As though it’s anything but a patriarchal concept.”
― Sierra Godfrey, A Very Typical Family