Her Silent Husband Quotes

“I thought I could wipe my history clean, you know? Just ignore the bits that hurt, but it turned toxic in my mind, and I found that the more I tried to forget, the brighter the memories burned. They fought to be heard, and I wasn't ready. I wasn't strong enough”
― Sam Vickery, Her Silent Husband

“She expected so much from all her children, and the result was that she'd raised a brood of hyper-critical humans with low self-esteem. They didn't know how to function without praise, and the minute something strayed from the plan, they tore themselves to pieces, unable to accept failure”
― Sam Vickery, Her Silent Husband

“Hate and love. Longing and despair. Pain and hope. I didn't think I'd ever be able to untangle one feeling from another again”
― Sam Vickery, Her Silent Husband

“My guilt was a chain attached to his hospital bed, forcing me to step up and for once in my life be the one to take care of him”
― Sam Vickery, Her Silent Husband

“But sometimes it would have been nice if he'd offered to step in and help. Just because I didn't complain didn't mean I didn't sometimes feel like I was drowning”
― Sam Vickery, Her Silent Husband

“I know that life is not an adventure - it's a treadmill, and every year I find myself gripping tighter to the handrails for fear of being flung off”
― Sam Vickery, Her Silent Husband

“I know that life isn't always fair - that pain gets dished out to hard-working, kind-hearted people, while others who are far less deserving leapfrog the hurdles with ease”
― Sam Vickery, Her Silent Husband