“there were the things she wished were true, and there was what was actually true. She was learning that there was usually a great distance between the two.”
―
Marybeth Mayhew Whalen,
The Things We Wish Were True
“Did life add to or take away from who we are at sixteen? The” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“In Worthy, truth lived right next door to perception, but they weren’t exactly friendly neighbors.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Did life add to or take away from who we are at sixteen?” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“Do the next thing, her mother always advised. It will get you through.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“I didn’t have to be scared of you showing love to someone else, of you helping other people. Because love is a renewable resource. The more you give, the more you have.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Maybe that’s what everyone in the world was searching for—someone who, when they felt vulnerable and exposed and afraid, would meet them in the doorway with a look of love so pure it made all that other stuff fall away.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“But I was also thinking about what it would be like to go back to being the one who took care of people instead of being the one who got cared for. Zell” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“In just a few weeks, family had become strangers, and strangers had become family. I” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“She thought of all the things they’d been avoiding seeing, and for so long. He was right. There was much they needed to see.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“The thing about adventure was, it usually required at least a modicum of danger. They” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“Wasn't that what marriage was? A permanent place next to someone, a place always reserved for you right by his side?” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“But it was rare that anyone got what he or she deserved in this life, for better or for worse. Which was what made it so awful and amazing at the very same time.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops—at all.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Sometimes when I saw people with their fancy cars and their nice houses, I wondered how many jobs they must have had to work to have that kind of life. After” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“She had to figure out how to feel good about herself apart from what a man thought of her.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“People are always talking, Mom, in case you haven’t noticed. It’s whether you care what they’re saying that matters.” Her” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“She turned back to watch the action across the street and waited to feel the good feelings she’d imagined her confession would bring.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“Did life add to or take away from who we are at sixteen? The” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“In Worthy, truth lived right next door to perception, but they weren’t exactly friendly neighbors.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Did life add to or take away from who we are at sixteen?” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“Do the next thing, her mother always advised. It will get you through.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“I didn’t have to be scared of you showing love to someone else, of you helping other people. Because love is a renewable resource. The more you give, the more you have.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Maybe that’s what everyone in the world was searching for—someone who, when they felt vulnerable and exposed and afraid, would meet them in the doorway with a look of love so pure it made all that other stuff fall away.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“But I was also thinking about what it would be like to go back to being the one who took care of people instead of being the one who got cared for. Zell” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“In just a few weeks, family had become strangers, and strangers had become family. I” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“She thought of all the things they’d been avoiding seeing, and for so long. He was right. There was much they needed to see.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“The thing about adventure was, it usually required at least a modicum of danger. They” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“Wasn't that what marriage was? A permanent place next to someone, a place always reserved for you right by his side?” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“But it was rare that anyone got what he or she deserved in this life, for better or for worse. Which was what made it so awful and amazing at the very same time.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops—at all.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“Sometimes when I saw people with their fancy cars and their nice houses, I wondered how many jobs they must have had to work to have that kind of life. After” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“She had to figure out how to feel good about herself apart from what a man thought of her.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, When We Were Worthy
“People are always talking, Mom, in case you haven’t noticed. It’s whether you care what they’re saying that matters.” Her” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
“She turned back to watch the action across the street and waited to feel the good feelings she’d imagined her confession would bring.” ― Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, The Things We Wish Were True
