“When you are small, if you reach out, and nobody takes your hand, you stop reaching out, and reach inside, instead.”
―
Amanda Eyre Ward,
How to Be Lost
“Is reading a sport?” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, How to Be Lost
“Maybe that's what love is, in the end: a shared illusion of safety.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward
“This was one of the pleasures of recovery: you opened the door to the pain and gnawing tedium, but joy came in as well. All of it, all of it, brilliant and clean and true.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Did all siblings revert to their childhood selves when they were together, or was there a way to transition to functional adulthood even while being in one another’s lives?” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Lee had never realized how hideous most of the world was until Rome.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“she had to admit the essential difference between Iain and herself: he believed in the possibility of a carnation-strewn, uncomplicated life, and Lola did not. perhaps Iain had thought he could convince her, but grew weary of the endeavor. ” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, Love Stories in This Town: Stories
“as she walked back to her husband, lola thought about lying on her expensive sheets and holding a baby - their baby - to her breast. to the baby, lola would smell like a mother, and the ridiculous chandelier would look like stars. ” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, Love Stories in This Town: Stories
“Meditation is like sobriety in that it doesn’t make everything perfect but helps us be okay with how everything is.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
“Worrying is praying for things you don’t want to happen,” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
“The most accurate way to know the future is to create it.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
“Martyrdom was a hard habit to break.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“She’d been doing the same things for so long: auditioning, seducing, preening. What if she turned it around, and let the world try to win her for a change?” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“her insomnia likely had roots in her fear of losing control.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“The color of a polar bear’s skin? Is? In fact? BLACK!” she cried. Some passengers cheered, but several looked crestfallen. “I’m so sorry,” an older man implored his wife. “I really did think it was pink.” “I know you did, honey,” said his wife morosely, peering into her empty glass.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“What he needs,” Lee said, “is a father who supports him!” She’d been thirteen, the bravest girl in the world,” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Your “family of origin” (as her online therapist called them) could be toxic and strange, but they were yours: you could not escape them, for better or worse.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Although she hadn’t realized it at the time, Charlotte now understood that proximity mattered.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Is reading a sport?” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, How to Be Lost
“Maybe that's what love is, in the end: a shared illusion of safety.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward
“This was one of the pleasures of recovery: you opened the door to the pain and gnawing tedium, but joy came in as well. All of it, all of it, brilliant and clean and true.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Did all siblings revert to their childhood selves when they were together, or was there a way to transition to functional adulthood even while being in one another’s lives?” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Lee had never realized how hideous most of the world was until Rome.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“she had to admit the essential difference between Iain and herself: he believed in the possibility of a carnation-strewn, uncomplicated life, and Lola did not. perhaps Iain had thought he could convince her, but grew weary of the endeavor. ” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, Love Stories in This Town: Stories
“as she walked back to her husband, lola thought about lying on her expensive sheets and holding a baby - their baby - to her breast. to the baby, lola would smell like a mother, and the ridiculous chandelier would look like stars. ” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, Love Stories in This Town: Stories
“Meditation is like sobriety in that it doesn’t make everything perfect but helps us be okay with how everything is.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
“Worrying is praying for things you don’t want to happen,” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
“The most accurate way to know the future is to create it.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
“Martyrdom was a hard habit to break.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“She’d been doing the same things for so long: auditioning, seducing, preening. What if she turned it around, and let the world try to win her for a change?” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“her insomnia likely had roots in her fear of losing control.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“The color of a polar bear’s skin? Is? In fact? BLACK!” she cried. Some passengers cheered, but several looked crestfallen. “I’m so sorry,” an older man implored his wife. “I really did think it was pink.” “I know you did, honey,” said his wife morosely, peering into her empty glass.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“What he needs,” Lee said, “is a father who supports him!” She’d been thirteen, the bravest girl in the world,” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Your “family of origin” (as her online therapist called them) could be toxic and strange, but they were yours: you could not escape them, for better or worse.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
“Although she hadn’t realized it at the time, Charlotte now understood that proximity mattered.” ― Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
