One Small Mistake Quotes

“That’s the thing about words – once they’re out there, they’re no longer just yours. They hang in the quiet and are plucked like cherries from a tree then, bitter or sweet, they’re devoured.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“There are some moments in life you want to keep, to dip into over and over.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“Not that I can throw stones, since, as a woman without a career or children, so much effort is poured into curating the perfect life. Your house must always be pristine because if not, people will wonder what the fuck else you do with your time. Your hosting skills must be tip-top; guests’ glasses should never be empty – like radio, there should never be dead air – and every aspect of the meals you serve must be impeccable because if not, people will wonder what the fuck else you do with your time. Your marriage must be loving and fun, but also meaningful, and you must make sure others know your marriage is loving and fun, but also meaningful, because if not, people will wonder what the fuck else you do with your time. It’s important to note they must know about your fun, loving but also meaningful marriage without you shoving it in their face like a cream pie. It is a pie to be smelt and displayed on a window ledge and admired.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“There’s something freeing about taking all those swirly thoughts from your head and storing them elsewhere.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“The kind of sex that makes you question if you’re a good feminist.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“What I need now and what I’ll need always, is a love that washes over me like river water. That soothes. A love I can bathe in.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“Love is always a risk; it’s giving another person the power to destroy you and hoping they choose not to, but when it goes right …’ I don’t even think she’s aware that as she says this, her gaze drifts towards Christopher. ‘When it goes right, it’s like falling through stars.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“Their house isn’t huge or grand, but it is filled with love and warmth,”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“Why is it that men always feel the need to announce they’ve nipped the hoover round or done a load of laundry like they’ve just cured cancer? Then they beam at you as though they’re waiting for you to offer them a gold star or a blow job despite the fact that you do these chores every day without so much as a ‘thanks for that’ from the supposed love of your life.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“But I can’t take back what I said. That’s the thing about words – once they’re out there, they’re no longer just yours.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“And if you’re a woman and you decide you don’t want a baby, you’re selfish or defective, and people sit there and insist you’ll “change your mind”. Well, what if you don’t change your mind? Are you a bad person?”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“He did it all without complaining and I was reminded again why I fell in love with him. One moment, I wonder why we are still married, and the next, I can’t imagine my life without him.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“You were always the academic one; we really thought it would be you to have all these wonderful things. We worry about you, love. We want you to be as happy as your sister. We don’t want you to go without.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“Go to bed with dreams, wake up with purpose.”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake

“sixteen”
― Dandy Smith, One Small Mistake