Unknown Caller Quotes

“It’s hard to explain forgiveness to people in the throes of pain, clinging to the way things are supposed to be, should have been. Forgiveness is not saying that certain deeds are acceptable or forgotten. Forgiveness is an acknowledgment that we are all deeply flawed, and some of us make terrible mistakes or do horrible things. But to cling to rage, hatred, or grief, to rail against what is or has been, is to kill yourself again and again, rob yourself of what life you have left, what good you can still do.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“Maybe you’re still friends with people even after they hurt you, even if they keep hurting you. Because there’s something there. Something true and deep that stays even when it aches.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“We broadcast one version of ourselves, cropped and filtered and out there for consumption. But the real person is hidden behind that.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“But the people who linger on the edge, looking down, the people who pick up the phone and reach out for help? Most of the time, you can talk them down. They are looking for a way back to the light.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“The knowledge. Of life and all its pain, the decision to stick around and do better. That’s what heroism is, you know?”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“You’ll find true happiness in the smallest things.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“That’s everyone. No one’s perfect, and no one needs to be.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“Real life is what happens between those posts. And you only know the version people show you on Instagram. It’s a fiction. And I guarantee every single one of those perfect people you see out there is feeling as lost and insecure as you are.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“I see all the kids—the popular ones, the brains, the jocks, the punks, the burnouts. They are not who they will become. This moment, teenage life, it feels like the whole universe, but it’s only a millisecond.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller

“people who linger on the edge, looking down, the people who pick up the phone and reach out for help? Most of the time, you can talk them down. They are looking for a way back to the light.”
― Lisa Unger, Unknown Caller