“Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit, you fell in love with him.”
―
Liz Talley,
Charmingly Yours
“Yeah, falling out of love was like cleaning a window you didn’t know was dirty. Suddenly things were so clear.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“The raccoon followed instructions the way most men followed instructions, which is to say, it sat there and did nothing.” ― Liz Talley, The Wedding War
“Maybe that’s what Hillary had always understood—you didn’t tell the truth. You hid it because then everyone would leave you the hell alone.” ― Liz Talley, The Wedding War
“get up every morning and live with intention and honesty as best I can.” ― Liz Talley, Adulting
“And then his arms came around her, like a favorite Wubbie Blanket enveloping her and giving her the peace she so craved. She wanted to cry everything out. If she could release everything, then it would be easier. But those tears didn’t come, the emotions she needed to feel for her husband stayed barred behind the terrible defenses she’d erected against the hurt the world constantly gave her. Still, his arms around her gave a comfort she craved. He” ― Liz Talley, The Wedding War
“Sometimes you gotta fix what’s behind you so you can look in front of you.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“know, but I also know that everyone needs support. That’s my job—to support her.” “Actually, that’s not your job, honey,” Tippy said. Daphne made a face. “You know I’m right. If you make the way smooth, she’ll never learn how to navigate the rocks and potholes. You can’t fix the world for Ellery any more than your mother could have fixed it for you. We all learn to live with what life hands us, and if we’re brave enough, we learn how to fight what the world gives us and forge our own paths.” ― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe
“up,” ― Liz Talley, Sweet Talking Man
“Even people who mean very little to us have the power to hurt us. The people who mean very much to us have even more power to wound. But this isn’t qualitative. Hurt is hurt. Shame is shame.” ― Liz Talley, Adulting
“I could ignore the marks and scars on the white walls because I knew what that felt like. I had them, too.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“That I would not just let life happen to me but instead direct my life toward something better.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“You’re killing me, you know,” he said, tossing a twenty on the counter and stepping back so I could slide past him.“Yes, I know,” I said with a smile, enjoying the repartee even as I knew this was likely our last date. My gran used to say, “Always leave them wanting more,” and I’d never really embraced that idea. But it seemed apropos for this situation. I liked the tiny bit of power I held over this particular guy.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“Paper people are consumed by fire, dissipating into ash before scattering into the wind, never to be whole again. But others, those made of steel, used the fire to forge an edge. The heat hardened them, creating razor determination, melding them into something stronger.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“I should have taken the UPS guy with his potbelly and no butt. No one would have looked twice at him, bless his heart.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“You hung up clothes that would eventually grace the bedroom floor. You fell in love only to mourn a broken heart. That was the vicious, joyful circle of life.” ― Liz Talley, Adulting
“Because she never showed her displeasure to you. You’re her daddy, the man who always gives her the moon and stars. I’m her mother, and my job is to keep her from burning her fingers on all the stars you rope for her.” ― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe
“kissed her like the devil” ― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe
“They turned to one another and discussed golfing, which was more boring than timing a centipede crossing the kitchen, which was something I had done weeks ago when I was mourning my marriage. Seemed twenty-six minutes and a few seconds in change was the winning number. And then Pippa had come in and promptly eaten the centipede, which seemed like a very unfair reward for the creature reaching its goal.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“Yeah, falling out of love was like cleaning a window you didn’t know was dirty. Suddenly things were so clear.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“The raccoon followed instructions the way most men followed instructions, which is to say, it sat there and did nothing.” ― Liz Talley, The Wedding War
“Maybe that’s what Hillary had always understood—you didn’t tell the truth. You hid it because then everyone would leave you the hell alone.” ― Liz Talley, The Wedding War
“get up every morning and live with intention and honesty as best I can.” ― Liz Talley, Adulting
“And then his arms came around her, like a favorite Wubbie Blanket enveloping her and giving her the peace she so craved. She wanted to cry everything out. If she could release everything, then it would be easier. But those tears didn’t come, the emotions she needed to feel for her husband stayed barred behind the terrible defenses she’d erected against the hurt the world constantly gave her. Still, his arms around her gave a comfort she craved. He” ― Liz Talley, The Wedding War
“Sometimes you gotta fix what’s behind you so you can look in front of you.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“know, but I also know that everyone needs support. That’s my job—to support her.” “Actually, that’s not your job, honey,” Tippy said. Daphne made a face. “You know I’m right. If you make the way smooth, she’ll never learn how to navigate the rocks and potholes. You can’t fix the world for Ellery any more than your mother could have fixed it for you. We all learn to live with what life hands us, and if we’re brave enough, we learn how to fight what the world gives us and forge our own paths.” ― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe
“up,” ― Liz Talley, Sweet Talking Man
“Even people who mean very little to us have the power to hurt us. The people who mean very much to us have even more power to wound. But this isn’t qualitative. Hurt is hurt. Shame is shame.” ― Liz Talley, Adulting
“I could ignore the marks and scars on the white walls because I knew what that felt like. I had them, too.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“That I would not just let life happen to me but instead direct my life toward something better.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“You’re killing me, you know,” he said, tossing a twenty on the counter and stepping back so I could slide past him.“Yes, I know,” I said with a smile, enjoying the repartee even as I knew this was likely our last date. My gran used to say, “Always leave them wanting more,” and I’d never really embraced that idea. But it seemed apropos for this situation. I liked the tiny bit of power I held over this particular guy.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“Paper people are consumed by fire, dissipating into ash before scattering into the wind, never to be whole again. But others, those made of steel, used the fire to forge an edge. The heat hardened them, creating razor determination, melding them into something stronger.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“I should have taken the UPS guy with his potbelly and no butt. No one would have looked twice at him, bless his heart.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
“You hung up clothes that would eventually grace the bedroom floor. You fell in love only to mourn a broken heart. That was the vicious, joyful circle of life.” ― Liz Talley, Adulting
“Because she never showed her displeasure to you. You’re her daddy, the man who always gives her the moon and stars. I’m her mother, and my job is to keep her from burning her fingers on all the stars you rope for her.” ― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe
“kissed her like the devil” ― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe
“They turned to one another and discussed golfing, which was more boring than timing a centipede crossing the kitchen, which was something I had done weeks ago when I was mourning my marriage. Seemed twenty-six minutes and a few seconds in change was the winning number. And then Pippa had come in and promptly eaten the centipede, which seemed like a very unfair reward for the creature reaching its goal.” ― Liz Talley, Deconstructed
