The Doctor's Daughter Quotes

“I just can’t see a future, and I believe that might mean it’s because this is all it will be.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“The first morning of a new month feels as if it deserves recognition; it’s a new start we’re fortunate enough to experience twelve times a year. Yet, no one ever says much about it because life revolves like a wheel—spinning until it hits a hill or loses momentum.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“I believe Shakespeare described a situation like this. He said something along the lines of: Time is what we can depend on to untangle this—it isn’t up to us.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“Someone always has it worse than us. Reading others’ nightmares, whether true or not, can only make our current situation feel lighter.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“Denial is like a glass wall, easy to see beyond, but impossible to walk through. If I give into the fear, it will consume me. Therefore, I must continue to focus on the present.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“There is life after death, happiness after misery, and the chance to create new memories that replace the old.”

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― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“It’s a mother’s job to give us the confidence needed to push through hard times.”

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― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“I knew there would come a morning when I would wake up differently than I had become used to, or there would be a night I never fell asleep.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“Whispers in the dark were something of a nightmare years ago. Today, it’s the only form of communication we have inside these walls.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“It’s easier to dream of a future where we are not in a war.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“I can’t understand why so many of them seem to be in one place at the same time, but I wonder if a man’s final thought is that they don’t want to be alone when they take their last breath.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“How is beauty ever to be seen through a tarnished lens?”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“Your life is not dependent upon anyone else’s. You don’t know what the future holds—none of us do, but I believe it holds more than what we are experiencing now. Hold on, dear. Just hold on. Please.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“Living in this nightmare leads nowhere, and I can only continue walking through the tundra of bone-chilling winds, through the snow, toward the endless wall of clouds for so many days in a row before I feel the need to fall to my knees and beg for forgiveness.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“Nothing is what it was, and this town is no longer a part of who we are.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter

“No one warned me there would eventually be a last tick.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Doctor's Daughter