“But death, as in birth, never comes at a convenient time. No matter how prepared you are that the moment is nigh, no matter how anticipatory you have been, there is never a moment where the realization that this it it, my life is changed forever, doesn't come as a bit of a shock.”
―
Kristy Woodson Harvey,
Lies and Other Acts of Love
“You can never have too many people who love you.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Dear Carolina
“Life, we had been instructed, was as much about surrender as it was about control.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“we forget to take the time to think about the people who really make us who we are. We forget to say thank you, to tell the people we love that we love them.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“The humidity wrapped around me and clung to my skin like a toddler who didn’t want to be left at preschool.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“This was the good stuff right here, three sisters sitting around talking and laughing like old times. I missed these girls so much.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“Jack was mine. He had always been mine. He would always be mine. And that was how I had seen it from that very first night on that sandbar. Not that I was interested in him in that way now. But still. It was the principle.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“some point over the years, our children suddenly decide that they have free rein to parent us. It starts slowly. A comment here, a suggestion there. And then they take over, fully and completely, as though you didn’t do a perfectly fine job raising them in the first place.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Wedding Veil
“No. It made no sense at all. But she was a widow now. A bona fide, alone-in-the-world, parentless widow at that. She was entitled to go a bit crazy, if only for a little while. She opened the” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Wedding Veil
“Changing course doesn’t mean you failed. But don’t change course because you’re scared. Change course because your heart is leading you in a different direction.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Southern Side of Paradise
“I had been holding on to the past so hard that I couldn’t even imagine the future.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Under the Southern Sky
“And so, I lost everything. I had already lost my daddy, which is how I got this whole drinkin’ thing started anyhow. Now I was losing my momma. My friends. My job. But I would have rather lived on the street than give up the destroyer that felt like it was the only thing sacrificing itself for me. I” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Dear Carolina
“And I realized that sometimes when you’re speeding through thin air, the brakes worn out and the engine shot, maybe it feels like you’re falling. But, in reality, that’s when you’re learning to fly.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Feels Like Falling
“Have you forgotten who’s the mother and who’s the child here?” Lovey asks.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Lies and Other Acts of Love
“It is the worries that plague us the most that cut the deepest when other people call them to the surface.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Feels Like Falling
“I’ve always been very good at being numb. I’m the doer, the fixer, the one to take charge. It keeps my mind off what is actually happening so I don’t have to face the sadness.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Secret to Southern Charm
“Southern mothers just meddle. It is in our DNA. We can't help it, and, for heaven's sake, who would want us to? Our meddling makes the world a better place.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Under the Southern Sky
“And so we sat, two Southern women who'd grown up in this same house on this same street - but who, somehow, wanted completely, entirely different things.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Under the Southern Sky
“But this was the thing about sisters. No matter how much you laughed, no matter how many hours you talked, no matter how many months you got to spend together, it never seemed like quite enough.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“You can never have too many people who love you.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Dear Carolina
“Life, we had been instructed, was as much about surrender as it was about control.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“we forget to take the time to think about the people who really make us who we are. We forget to say thank you, to tell the people we love that we love them.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“The humidity wrapped around me and clung to my skin like a toddler who didn’t want to be left at preschool.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“This was the good stuff right here, three sisters sitting around talking and laughing like old times. I missed these girls so much.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“Jack was mine. He had always been mine. He would always be mine. And that was how I had seen it from that very first night on that sandbar. Not that I was interested in him in that way now. But still. It was the principle.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
“some point over the years, our children suddenly decide that they have free rein to parent us. It starts slowly. A comment here, a suggestion there. And then they take over, fully and completely, as though you didn’t do a perfectly fine job raising them in the first place.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Wedding Veil
“No. It made no sense at all. But she was a widow now. A bona fide, alone-in-the-world, parentless widow at that. She was entitled to go a bit crazy, if only for a little while. She opened the” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Wedding Veil
“Changing course doesn’t mean you failed. But don’t change course because you’re scared. Change course because your heart is leading you in a different direction.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Southern Side of Paradise
“I had been holding on to the past so hard that I couldn’t even imagine the future.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Under the Southern Sky
“And so, I lost everything. I had already lost my daddy, which is how I got this whole drinkin’ thing started anyhow. Now I was losing my momma. My friends. My job. But I would have rather lived on the street than give up the destroyer that felt like it was the only thing sacrificing itself for me. I” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Dear Carolina
“And I realized that sometimes when you’re speeding through thin air, the brakes worn out and the engine shot, maybe it feels like you’re falling. But, in reality, that’s when you’re learning to fly.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Feels Like Falling
“Have you forgotten who’s the mother and who’s the child here?” Lovey asks.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Lies and Other Acts of Love
“It is the worries that plague us the most that cut the deepest when other people call them to the surface.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Feels Like Falling
“I’ve always been very good at being numb. I’m the doer, the fixer, the one to take charge. It keeps my mind off what is actually happening so I don’t have to face the sadness.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Secret to Southern Charm
“Southern mothers just meddle. It is in our DNA. We can't help it, and, for heaven's sake, who would want us to? Our meddling makes the world a better place.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Under the Southern Sky
“And so we sat, two Southern women who'd grown up in this same house on this same street - but who, somehow, wanted completely, entirely different things.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Under the Southern Sky
“But this was the thing about sisters. No matter how much you laughed, no matter how many hours you talked, no matter how many months you got to spend together, it never seemed like quite enough.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple
