The Sister Effect Quotes

“Not in your job description. You can’t control other people.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“I’m sorry to be blunt, but you’re unrealistic in your expectations of people. You’re too quick to assume the worst and too slow to forgive. You have rules, Finley, and while on paper they make sense, in the real world they’re just coldhearted.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“Milestones mattered.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“It’s easy to let being bitter and angry become a way of life.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“Family is the worst.” “They’re also the best. Whoever said God doesn’t have a sense of humor?”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“No matter how good I’m doing today, I’m always stuck having messed up. That’s hardly fair.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“No compulsion to run?” “I’m not the running kind.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“I have a few questions about the guardianship,” Finley”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“She was very aware of the fact that her first act on the road to healing had been to devastate someone she loved. The shit road of being a drunk never went away.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“But there isn’t healing, is there,” she said. “I’m not going to get better. This isn’t going away. There’s no escape. I can’t outrun it. I can never be normal.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“She hadn’t surrendered to knowing she would be dealing with her disease for the rest of her life. No matter what, it would be there. If she needed surgery, she would have to be careful with painkillers. If she had another child, she should probably not get drugs during labor. For the rest of her life, every single day, she would be on guard. Just like every other alcoholic in recovery.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect

“away.”
― Susan Mallery, The Sister Effect